Garry Wotherspoon’s Gay Sydney: A history is an updated version of his 1991 classic, City of the Plain: History of a Gay Sub-culture, written in the midst of the AIDS crisis. In this vivid book Wotherspoon traces the shifts that have occurred since then, including majority support for marriage equality and anti-discrimination legislation. He also ponders the parallel evaporation of a distinctly gay sensibility and the disappearance of once-packed gay bars that have now become cafes and gyms. This book also tells the story of gay Sydney across a century, looking at secret, underground gay life, the never-ending debates about sex in society and the role of social movements in the ’60 and ’70s in effecting social change.
By:
Garry Wotherspoon Imprint: New South Books Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 153mm,
Spine: 30mm
Weight: 499g ISBN:9781742234830 ISBN 10: 1742234836 Pages: 352 Publication Date:01 March 2016 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
