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Title: Bronski's American History
Post by: Shana A on August 10, 2011, 12:00:23 PM
Bronski's American History

Filed By Jesse Monteagudo | August 10, 2011 8:00 AM

http://www.bilerico.com/2011/08/bronskis_american_history.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2011/08/bronskis_american_history.php)

A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski; Beacon Press; 288 pages; $27.95.

In 1984, Michael Bronski published Culture Clash: The Making of Gay Sensibility. Since then, Bronski has maintained his standing as a major chronicler and critic of LGBT life and culture. For two decades, Bronski wrote book and movie reviews for the late, great, monthly The Guide. (I was also a contributor.)

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A Queer History of the United States is Bronski's most ambitious book, a narrative history of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender people in America from 1492 to 1990. As Bronski recalls, "Two years ago Beacon Press decided to start a series titled 'Revision America' which would be a multi-volume look at American history from alternative, and minority, points of view.