Behind the Mask of the Mattachine
Subtitle: The Hal Call Chronicles And the Early Movement for Homosexual Emancipation
Publisher: Harrington Park Press
Published: September 30, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 586
ISBN-13: 9781560231868
Subjects: Biography: general; Demonstrations & protest movements; Gay & Lesbian studies; Social history; Social Science; Gay activists; Biography / Autobiography; United States; Sociology; Specific Groups - Male Gay Studies; Gay Studies; Sociology - General; Biography; Gay liberation movement; History
Description: "The Mattachine is the origin of the contemporary American gay movement. Behind the Mask of the Mattachine travels back to the times before Stonewall and its aftermath, to the beginnings of the modern homosexual movement and the lesser-known individuals who started it. This chronicle gives the unexpurgated history of the activists who organized homosexuals - using the biography of the controversial activist Hal Call as its springboard."--BOOK JACKET.