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A Desired Past:

A Short History of Same-Sex Love in America
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University of Chicago Press, 1999 - Social Science - 232 pages
With this book, Leila J. Rupp accomplishes what few scholars have even attempted: she combines a vast array of scholarship on supposedly discrete episodes in American history into an entertaining and entirely readable story of same-sex desire across the country and the centuries.

"Most extraordinary about Leila J. Rupp's indeed short, two-hundred-page history of 'same-sex love and sexuality' is not that it manages to account for such a variety of individuals, races, and classes or take in such a broad chronological and thematic range, but rather that it does all this with such verve, lucidity, and analytical rigor. . . . [A]n elegant, inspiring survey." —John Howard, Journal of American History
  

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User Review  - Jamie - Goodreads

Very informative read and am pleasantly surprised by Rupp's investment with including race, ethnicity and class into same sex history. I was, though, dissapointed by how little Rupp discussed and analyzed AIDS. Overall, a good and important read for all queers! Read full review

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User Review  - Joy - Goodreads

A fantastic queer reading of American same-sex relationship history. Read full review

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Contents

PREFACE
SEVEN
SameSex Sexuality
THREE
Sexual
FIVE
Something Old
NOTES 201
REFERENCES 211
INDEX 223
Copyright

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About the author (1999)

Leila J. Rupp is a professor in and chair of the Department of History at The Ohio State University.

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