Assignment Task:
Reading: George Chauncey, Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940
Q1. Explain the three myths and how Chauncey challenges these ideas.
Q2. Describe the gay subculture.
Q3. In what ways do gay men resist the people of the dominant culture?
Q4. What does it mean when a man is labeled "trade"?
Q5. Why does the word "gay" triumph?
Reading: Lillian Faderman, Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in 20th century America. Pp 48-54; and "Chapter 3"
Q6. Romantic friendship was important in the United States from the late 1700s, into the 1800s. What happened to the idea of romantic friendship between women at this time? (This part deals particularly with this concept--p 48-54)
Q7. How did (some) white people view Harlem and black people in this reading?
Q8. Explain the sexual culture in Harlem at this time.
Q9. What was lesbianism like in the Bohemian culture?