Culture Clash: The Making of Gay Sensibility

by Michael Bronski

Culture Clash explores the dynamics of gay liberation and homophobia, of change and backlash, and reveals the radicalism of the challenge that gay men and lesbians, as cultural adventurers, have offered to American society.

Genres: Queer, Nonfiction, LGBT, History, Gay

249 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1984

About the author

Michael Bronski has written extensively on LGBT issues for four decades. He has published widely in the LGBT and mainstream press and his work appears in numerous anthologies. He is a Senior Lecturer in Women’s and Gender Studies and Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College.

Reviews

[Matt Dershowitz]

fierce

[Jesse · Rating 4 out of 5]

A terrific overview of a number of gay-related historical topics and how they managed to coalesce over time into something that could legitimately be characterized as a "sensibility." There is lots here subsequent queer scholarship will take issue with, but I turn to it often as an invaluable reference clearly articulating certain perspectives on gay history and scholarship at a particular moment in time.

[Brett · Rating 4 out of 5]

a good challenging read