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Behind the Mask of the Mattachine: The Hal Call Chronicles and the Early Movement for Homosexual Emancipation »

Authors: James T. Sears
ISBN-13: 9781560231875, ISBN-10: 1560231874
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: November 2006
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: James T. Sears

Book Synopsis

The Mattachine is the origin of the contemporary American gay movement. One of the major players in this movement was Hal Call, America's first openly gay journalist and the man most responsible for the end of government censorship of frontal male nude photography through the mail. Behind the Mask of the Mattachine: The Early Movement for Homosexual Emancipation, the Hal Call Chronicles travels back to the times before Stonewall and its aftermath, to the beginnings of the modern homosexual movement and the lesser-known individuals who started it. This stunning chronicle boldly goes beyond the standard whitewashed/desexualized history usually provided by other gay historians, to give the unexpurgated—and sexually charged—history of the activists who organized homosexuals, using the biography of the controversial Hal Call as its springboard.
Take a look at these other James T. Sears books on LGBT issues:
Growing Up Gay in the South online at http://www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sku=0502
and Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Issues in Education online at http://www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sku=5180

Preface (Jack Nichols)

Introduction: Logos, Eros, and Psyche

SECTION I: RELATIONSHIPS

Chapter 1. Who Was Hal Call?

Chapter 2. The Final Visit

Chapter 3. In a Dream

Chapter 4. Q & A

SECTION II: FOUNDATIONS

Chapter 5. German Roots

Chapter 6. Boyhood

Chapter 7. Egos and Eros

Chapter 8. Making Contacts