Wearing History
Subtitle: T-shirts from the Gay Rights Movement
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Alyson Books
Published: November 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9781555839956
Subjects: Gay & Lesbian studies; Social Science; Sociology; Gay Studies; Lesbian Studies; Social Science / Gay Studies; Multicultural Education
Description: It's as American as apple pie--the T-shirt. But put a slogan on its blank canvas, and suddenly you are making a statement. Nowhere is this more reflected than in the gay and lesbian community, and its struggle for civil rights and equality. Here, in this fact-filled, engaging volume, look back at over forty years of history, as seen through the T-shirts that helped illuminate and define LGBT issues. From the 70s counterculture to the fight-back attitude of the 80s, from the tolerance of 90s to today's mainstreaming of gay culture, Wearing History illustrates--literally, provocatively--the passion, the politics, and the persistence of a movement that could not be silenced.