{"product_id":"bodies-of-evidence-the-practice-of-queer-oral-history-paperback","title":"Bodies of Evidence: The Practice of Queer Oral History - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNan Alamilla Boyd\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eHoracio N. Roque Ramirez\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBodies of Evidence: The Practice of Queer Oral History\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book to provide serious scholarly insight into the methodological practices that shape lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer oral histories. Each chapter pairs an oral history excerpt with an essay in which the oral historian addresses his or her methods and practices. With an afterword by John D'Emilio, this collection enables readers to examine the role memory, desire, sexuality, and gender play in documenting LGBTQ communities and cultures. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe historical themes addressed include 1950s and '60s lesbian bar culture; social life after the Cuban revolution; the organization of transvestite social clubs in the U.S. midwest in the 1960s; Australian gay liberation activism in the 1970s; San Francisco electoral politics and the career of Harvey Milk; Asian American community organizing in pre-AIDS Los Angeles; lesbian feminist \"sex war\" cultural politics; 1980s and '90s Latina\/o transgender community memory and activism in San Francisco; and the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe methodological themes include questions of silence, sexual self-disclosure and voyeurism, the intimacy between researcher and narrator, and the social and political commitments negotiated through multiple oral history interviews. The book also examines the production of comparative racial and sexual identities and the relative strengths of same-sexuality, cross-sexuality, and cross-ideology interviewing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNan Alamilla Boyd\u003c\/strong\u003e is professor of women and gender studies, San Francisco State University and author of \u003cem\u003eWide Open Town: A History of Queer San Francisco to 1965\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHoracio N. Roque Ramírez\u003c\/strong\u003eis associate professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara and author of the forthcoming \u003cem\u003eQueer Latino San Francisco: An Oral History, 1960s-1990s\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 17, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754023420192,"sku":"9780199742738","price":121.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e6a7fee2596c11a6ac408b76f2d819c4.webp?v=1780031710","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/bodies-of-evidence-the-practice-of-queer-oral-history-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}