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Cherry Grove, Fire Island: Sixty Years in America's First Gay and Lesbian Town (Revised)

Contributor(s): Newton, Esther (Author)

ISBN: 9780822355533

Publisher: Duke University Press

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Pub Date: December 3, 2014

Dewey: 306.76630974

LCCN: 2014035852

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.06" H x 9.00" L x 6.00" W ( 1.28 lbs) 424 pages

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Description: Esther Newton tells the story of Cherry Grove, the popular gay and lesbian resort community off of Long Island. Newton discusses the importance of camp, gay theater and the intersections of race, gender, class and sexuality in America's first gay and lesbian town.

Review Quotes: "An ambitious history. . . . Newton should be applauded for writing sympathetically about people who were remarkably resilient in the face of enormous homophobia."
-- "The Nation"

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