Unspeakable documents the major phases in the evolution of the gay and lesbian press while providing a window into the history of the movement, from the era of McCarthyism to the militancy of the '60s and the Stonewall Riots, from the liberality of the '70s to the issue of AIDS in the '80s and the "outing" of the '90s. 20 illustrations.
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From Publishers Weekly
Streitmatter (journalism, School of Communication, American University) has written an engaging history of one segment of the alternative press: general interest publications aimed at lesbians and/or gay men and created and owned by gay people. Of some 2600 titles published since the 1940s, a dozen or so?from Vice Versa (1947-48), America's first lesbian magazine, to Out (1992-present)?are examined at length, chronicling the evolution of the gay rights movement from peeks out of the closet to street protests. Tracing the progression of the gay media from anonymous, mimeographed radical manifestos to glossy lifestyle magazines driven by brand-name advertisers, Streitmatter observes a shift from an activist to a mainstream editorial slant, especially by publications with large circulations. Recommended for both large public libraries and academic libraries, especially those with programs in journalism and gay, gender, or minority studies.?Jo McClamroch, Xavier Univ. Lib., Cincinnati, Ohio
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
The root of today's 2,600 American gay and lesbian publications is a newsletter created in 1947 by a secretary and circulated in carbon copies. In 1952 came ONE, the first widely distributed gay periodical (in which, by the way, the love-hate relationship between gay publishing and advertisers began), and in 1953, The Ladder (the first public forum for lesbians), the Mattachine Review, and an FBI investigation of gay-lesbian publishing. Since then, Americans have seen the gay-lesbian press attempt to define gay ideology, champion "appropriate" lesbian dress and appearance codes, promote the founding of a separate gay nation as part of the 1960s gay liberation movement, and, above all, grow. The Advocate, the nation's first gay newspaper, came to dominate the field; definitions of gay and lesbian culture and, with them, "herstory," continued to change; the gay press responded to AIDS; various sexual activities became politicized; and gay publishing endured "mainstreaming." With this introductory survey of an understudied category of journalism, Streitmatter provides the basis for further exploration. Whitney Scott
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