Title: Queer pulp
First published: 2001
Description: From homicidal homos to locked-up lesbians, and almost every sexually dangerous combination in between, Queer Pulp: Perverted Passions from the Golden Age of the Paperback is the first complete expose of queer sexuality in mid-twentieth century paperbacks. Compellingly written by historian Susan Stryker, Queer Pulp gives a complete overview of the cultural, political, and economic factors involved in the boom of queer paperbacks. With chapters covering gay, lesbian, transgender, and bisexually oriented books, a lively overview of the genres, and loads of scorching paperback covers, Queer Pulp reveals the complicated and fascinating history of alternative sexual literature and book publishing. Featuring the work of well-known authors such as W. Somerset Maugham and Truman Capote to the low-brow and no-brow scribes who worked under several names, Queer Pulp is the entertaining and informative introduction to these lost, salacious literary genres.
Subjects: collectionID:Sleazy_pulp, American Erotic stories, American fiction, Erotic stories, American, Gay men in literature, Gays, Gays in literature, Gays' writings, American, History, History and criticism, Homosexuality and literature, Intellectual life, Lesbians in literature, Paperbacks, Popular literature, Publishing, Pulp literature, Sex in literature, Transsexuals in literature, Transgender people in literature, American fiction, history and criticism, 20th century, Popular literature, history and criticism, Gays' writings, history and criticism, Erotic stories, history and criticism
Places: United States
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: PS374.H63 S77 2001