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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherChronicle Books
ISBN-100811830209
ISBN-139780811830201
eBay Product ID (ePID)1896944
Product Key Features
Book TitleQueer Pulp : Perverted Passions from the Golden Age of the Paperback
Number of Pages96 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicBibliographies & Indexes, General, American / General, Lgbt
Publication Year2001
IllustratorYes
GenreLiterary Criticism, Reference
AuthorSusan Stryker
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length1 in
Item Width1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN00-069400
Dewey Edition21
Grade FromEighth Grade
Dewey Decimal813/.509353
Grade ToCollege Graduate Student
SynopsisFrom homicidal homos to locked-up lesbians, and almost every sexually dangerous combination in between, Queer Pulp: Perverted Passions from the Golden Age of the Paperback is the first complete expose of queer sexuality in mid-twentieth century paperbacks. Compellingly written by historian Susan Stryker, Queer Pulp gives a complete overview of the cultural, political, and economic factors involved in the boom of queer paperbacks. With chapters covering gay, lesbian, transgender, and bisexually oriented books, a lively overview of the genres, and loads of scorching paperback covers, Queer Pulp reveals the complicated and fascinating history of alternative sexual literature and book publishing. Featuring the work of well-known authors such as W. Somerset Maugham and Truman Capote to the low-brow and no-brow scribes who worked under several names, Queer Pulp is the entertaining and informative introduction to these lost, salacious literary genres.