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The Bear Book II : Further Readings in the History and Evolution of a Gay Male Subculture

By: Les Wright
2000
350 pages

ISBN: 1560231653

BearBook: #057  
Entered:
February 3, 2001 by cg


Bears on Bears

By: Ron Suresha
2002
308 pages

ISBN: 1555835783

Review:
In 25 candid discussions, Bears on Bears brings together 57 contributors from around the world, from a rich variety of perspectives and backgrounds. With lighthearted playfulness as well as serious analysis, these Bears (as well as some nonbearish Bear-lovers) describe themselves, their lives and loves, their sense of masculinity, and their flourishing community-cum-culture. Widely excerpted in the gay media, Bears on Bears is the first interview book ever (gay-themed or otherwise) compiled primarily from online interactions. This groundbreaking collection of voices gathered from in and around the edge of this unique culture is both entertaining and enlightening.

Several of the interviews were serialized on Resources for Bears and some are still available in the archives (look for articles written by Ron Suresha). More info available at bearsonbears.com.

BearBook: #061  
Entered:
November 8, 2001 by cg


Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940

By: George Chauncey
1995
496 pages
Paperback

ISBN: 0465026214

Review:
This book chronicles gay life in the first half of the 20th century (as the title implies) and shows the changes in how gay men were perceived (and perceived themselves) within New York. The book is well-written, and well-documented, not relying on heresay or biases of how things ``might'' have been.

BearBook: #016  
Entered:
December 29, 1998 by RAD


Out for Good : The Struggle to Build a Gay Rights Movement in America

By: Dudley Clendinen, Adam Nagourney
June 1999
656 pages
Hardcover

ISBN: 0684810913

Review:
A history of gay political activism from 1969 to 1992 centering on electoral politics.

BearBook: #034  
Entered:
August 24, 1999 by dwc


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