The audacity of a kiss : love, art, and liberation /

Rendered in bronze, covered in white lacquer, two women sit together on a park bench in Greenwich Village. One of the women touches the thigh of her partner as they gaze into each other's eyes. The two women are part of George Segal's iconic sculpture "Gay Liberation," but these...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cohen, Leslie, 1947-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2021.
Subjects:
Cohen, Leslie, > 1947-
Segal, George, > 1924-2000. > Gay liberation.
Sahara (Nightclub : New York, N.Y.)
1900-1999
Lesbians > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Lesbian businesswomen > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Gay liberation movement > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Public sculpture, American > New York (State) > New York.
Lesbian bars > New York (State) > New York.
Lesbiennes > New York (État) > New York > Biographies.
Mouvement de libération des homosexuels > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Sculpture publique américaine > New York (État) > New York.
Bars pour lesbiennes > New York (État) > New York.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General.
Gay liberation movement
Lesbian bars
Lesbian businesswomen
Lesbians
Public sculpture, American
New York (N.Y.) > Biography.
New York (State) > New York
Autobiography
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
History
Autobiographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Frontispiece
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Epigraph
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Author's Note
  • Prologue
  • Part I: Youth
  • 1. Secrets and Dreams
  • 2. Confetti on New Year's Eve
  • 3. Touching God
  • 4. Awakening
  • 5. Crawling out of Darkness
  • 6. Acceptance
  • Part II: Freedom Calling
  • 7. Les Femmes
  • 8. Water in the Desert
  • 9. Jagged, Dirty Thoughts
  • 10. An Antidote to Boredom
  • 11. Permission
  • 12. Virginia Slims
  • Part III: A Posse of Outsiders
  • 13. Lone Riders
  • 14. Style Gets Used Up
  • 15. Bashert: Fate, Meant to Be
  • 16. After the Desert
  • Postscript
  • Endpiece
  • Gay Liberation Timeline
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • About the Author

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