Same-sex affairs : constructing and controlling homosexuality in the Pacific Northwest / Peter Boag.
"At the turn of the twentieth century, two distinct, yet at times overlapping, male same-sex sexual subcultures had emerged in the Pacific Northwest: one among the men and boys who toiled in the region's logging, fishing, mining, farming, and railroad-building industries; the other among t...
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| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
[2003]
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| Summary: | "At the turn of the twentieth century, two distinct, yet at times overlapping, male same-sex sexual subcultures had emerged in the Pacific Northwest: one among the men and boys who toiled in the region's logging, fishing, mining, farming, and railroad-building industries; the other among the young urban white-collar workers of the emerging corporate order. Boag draws on police logs, court records, and newspaper accounts to create a vivid picture of the lives of these men and youths--their sexual practices, cultural networks, cross-class relations, variations in rural and urban experiences, and ethnic and racial influences."--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 321 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-307) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0520236041 9780520236042 0520240480 9780520240483 |