“A wonderful introduction to Duberman’s writing but is also a
fitting tribute to a man who has devoted his life to promoting social
change” (Publishers Weekly). For the past fifty years,
prize-winning historian Martin Duberman’s groundbreaking writings
have established him as one of our preeminent public intellectuals.
Founder of the first graduate program in LGBT studies in the country,
he is perhaps best known for his biographies of Paul Robeson, Lincoln
Kirstein, and Howard Zinn—works that have been hailed as
“magnificent” (USA Today), “enthralling” (The Washington
Post), “splendid” and “definitive” (Studs Terkel, Chicago
Sun-Times), and “refreshing and inspiring” (The New York Times).
Duberman is also an equally gifted playwright and essayist, whose
piercingly honest memoirs Cures: A Gay Man’s Odyssey and Midlife
Queer have been called “witty and searingly candid” (Publishers
Weekly), “wrenchingly eloquent” (Newsday), and “a moving
chronicle” (The Nation). His writings have explored the shocking
attempts by the medical establishment to “cure” homosexuality;
Stonewall, before and after; the age of AIDS; the struggle for civil
rights; the fight for economic and racial justice; and Duberman’s
vision for reclaiming a radical queer past from the creeping centrism
of the gay movement. The Martin Duberman Reader assembles the core
of Duberman’s most important writings, offering a wonderfully
comprehensive overview of our lives and times—and giving us a
crucial touchstone for a new generation of activists, scholars, and
readers. “A deeply moral and reflective man who has engaged the
greatest struggles of our times with an unflinching nerve, a wise
heart, and a brilliant intellect.” —Jonathan Kozol
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ISBN
9781595588906
Publisert
2014
Utgiver
Vendor
The New Press (ORIM)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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