{"product_id":"long-before-stonewall-histories-of-same-sex-sexuality-in-early-america-9780814727508","title":"Long Before Stonewall: Histories of Same-Sex Sexuality in Early America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2007 Choice Outstanding Academic Title\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City symbolically mark the start of the gay rights movement, individuals came together long before the modern era to express their same-sex romantic and sexual attraction toward one another, and in a myriad of ways. Some reflected on their desires in quiet solitude, while others endured verbal, physical, and legal harassment for publicly expressing homosexual interest through words or actions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLong Before Stonewall\u003c\/b\u003e seeks to uncover the many iterations of same-sex desire in colonial America and the early Republic, as well as to expand the scope of how we define and recognize homosocial behavior. Thomas A. Foster has assembled a pathbreaking, interdisciplinary collection of original and classic essays that explore topics ranging from homoerotic imagery of black men to prison reform to the development of sexual orientations. This collection spans a regional and temporal breadth that stretches from the colonial Southwest to Quaker communities in New England. It also includes a challenge to commonly accepted understandings of the Native American \u003ci\u003eberdache\u003c\/i\u003e. Throughout, connections of race, class, status, and gender are emphasized, exposing the deep foundations on which modern sexual political movements and identities are built.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas A. Foster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 414\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.04w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814727508\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFoster, Thomas A.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eThomas A. Foster\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at Howard University, in Washington, DC, and author of Sex and the Eighteenth-Century Man: Massachusetts and the History of Sexuality in America, and Sex and the Founding Fathers: The American Quest for a Relatable Past. He is also editor of Long Before Stonewall: Histories of Same-Sex Sexuality (NYU Press, 2007), New Men: Manliness in Early America (NYU Press, 2011), and Documenting Intimate Matters: Primary Sources for a History of Sexuality in America. Foster tweets at @ThomasAFoster.pasting\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40183694721139,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_b85a0845-07d3-4983-82d2-7d9472672581.jpg?v=1655557913","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/long-before-stonewall-histories-of-same-sex-sexuality-in-early-america-9780814727508","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}