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Take the Young Stranger by the Hand: Same-Sex Relations and the YMCA: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society

Autor John Donald Gustav-Wrathall
en Limba Engleză Paperback – iun 2000
Now associated with family health clubs, the YMCA's bland image is the result of relentless outreach and the studied avoidance of controversy. But, as John Gustav-Wrathall shows in his revealing social history of the organization, the life of the YMCA has been filled with strife, tragedy, and irony, a life that itself reflects the struggle over the shifting societal mores regarding masculine friendship and intimacy. Take the Young Stranger by the Hand presents the YMCA as an institution of profound contradictions, reflective of society's views of same-sex love and sexuality.

"Gustav-Wrathall's book offers an in-depth history of the origins and purposes of the Young Men's Christian Association and how it evolved into—and out of—a gay playland."—Arnie Kantrowitz, Lambda Book Report

"The book's absorbing exploration of the sometimes schismatic, sometimes synergistic relationship between spirituality and sexuality is a fascinating addition to the growing body of social history."—Jim Van Buskirk, San Francisco Bay Guardian
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780226907857
ISBN-10: 0226907856
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: 15 halftones, 2 line drawings
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University of Chicago Press
Colecția University of Chicago Press
Seria The Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society


Cuprins

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1: From Urban Pietism to Sex Education
2: Intense Friendship
3: Singleness and the Consecrated Secretary
4: Marriage and the Sacrificial "Y Wife"
5: Women and the Young Men's Christian Association
6: Getting Physical
7: Cruising
Epilogue
App. 1: Analysis of Quantitative Sources on YMCA Secretarial Marital Status
App. 2: Methodological Problems: Silences, the Spirit/Body Split, and the Denial of Cruising
Notes
Bibliography
Index