The Routledge History of Queer America

Don Romesburg

Introduction: Having a Moment Four Decades in the Making
Don Romesburg

PART ONE
Times1 Colonial North America (1600s–1700s)
Richard Godbeer

2 Revolutionary Sexualities and Early National Genders (1770s–1840s)
Rachel Hope Cleves

3 Centering Slavery in Nineteenth-Century Queer History (1800s–1890s)
Clare Sears

4 Modern Sexuality in Modern Times (1880s–1930s)
Elizabeth Clement and Beans Velocci

5 Sexual Minorities at the Apex of Heteronormativity (1940s–1965)
Amanda H. Littauer

6 Gay Liberation (1963–1980)
Whitney Strub

7 AIDS and Action (1980–1990s)
Jennifer Brier8 Queer Politics in Neoliberal Times (1970–2010s)
Margot Weiss

PART TWO
Spaces and Places

9 Queer Archives: From Collections to Conceptual Framework
Kate Eichhorn

10 Bodies
David Serlin

11 Organizations
Marcia M. Gallo

12 The End of Urban Queer History?
Kwame Holmes

13 Rural
Pippa Holloway and Elizabeth Catte

14 Queer and Nation
Eithne Luibhéid

15 Thinking Transnationally, Thinking Queer
Emily K. HobsonPART THREE
Themes

16 Language, Acts, and Identity in LGBT History
Jen Manion

17 Transgender History (and Otherwise Approaches to Queer Embodiment)
Finn Enke

18 Lesbian History: Spirals of Imagination, Marginalization, and Creation
Julie R. Enszer

19 Bisexual History: Let’s Not Bijack Another Century
Loraine Hutchins

20 Queer of Color Estrangement and Belonging
Nayan Shah

21 Families
Daniel Rivers

22 Sickness and Wellness
Katie Batza

23 Criminalization and Legalization
Andrea J. Ritchie and Kay Whitlock

24 Law and Politics: “Crooked and Perverse” Narratives of LGBT Progress
Marc Stein

25 Labor
Sara R. Smith-Silverman

26 Consumerism
Stephen Vider

27 Queer Performance and Popular Culture
Sharon Ullman

28 Public History and Queer Memory
Lara Kelland