Jay Quinn

The Mentor

A Memoir of Friendship and Gay Identity

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This intelligent work (a 2001 Lambda Literary Foundation Gay Male Biography/Autobiography Award finalist) is a personal narrative that considers the social, religious, and emotional aspects of growing up as a Southern gay male. The author describes how gay men develop close bonds, or a "family of choice," rather than a "family of blood," that provides a nurturing environment thought by many only to occur in a heterosexual context. Students, teachers, and anyone interested in gay studies and experiences will find The Mentor a captivating and honest look into the challenges of growing up gay through the context of firsthand experiences, revelations, and realizations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 157mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9780789004963
• ISBN-10: 0789004968
• Artikelnr.: 21198284

Autorenporträt

Quinn, Jay

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Author's Note
Foreward
Introduction: Mentoring and Gay Identity
Chapter 1. A Short Queer History
Chapter 2. The Common World
Chapter 3. Family by Blood
Chapter 4. Recovering Baptists
Chapter 5. Mind Games
Chapter 6. Hunters and Gatherers
Chapter 7. The Importance of Dancing
Chapter 8. Lovers
Chapter 9. Family of Choice
Chapter 10. Tests and Trials
Chapter 11. Self-Storage
Chapter 12. Troth
Afterword
Suggested Reading