Routledge History of Queer America

This extraordinary chronological and thematic volume is sure to benefit students, scholars, and the wider public interested in the current state of LGBTQ history for years to come. The nearly thirty authors who penned the chapters in Romesburg’s volume are authorities in their subject matters, yet the texts are written in a widely accessible style. This is a gift to all of us, especially to the many readers who will be introduced to new concepts for the first time reading these pages. Romesburg’s edited collection will surely excite a new generation to explore this incredibly awesome field of LGBTQ history.Eric Gonzaba, California State University, Fullerton, in the Journal of the History of Sexuality, University of Texas Press

• Introduction: Having a Moment Four Decades in the MakingDon RomesburgPART ONETimes1 Colonial North America (1600s–1700s)Richard Godbeer2 Revolutionary Sexualities and Early National Genders (1770s–1840s)Rachel Hope Cleves3 Centering Slavery in Nineteenth-Century Queer History (1800s–1890s)Clare Sears4 Modern Sexuality in Modern Times (1880s–1930s)Elizabeth Clement and Beans Velocci5 Sexual Minorities at the Apex of Heteronormativity (1940s–1965)Amanda H. Littauer6 Gay Liberation (1963–1980)Whitney Strub7 AIDS and Action (1980–1990s)Jennifer Brier8 Queer Politics in Neoliberal Times (1970–2010s)Margot WeissPART TWOSpaces and Places9 Queer Archives: From Collections to Conceptual FrameworkKate Eichhorn10 BodiesDavid Serlin11 OrganizationsMarcia M. Gallo12 The End of Urban Queer History?Kwame Holmes13 RuralPippa Holloway and Elizabeth Catte14 Queer and NationEithne Luibhéid15 Thinking Transnationally, Thinking QueerEmily K. HobsonPART THREEThemes16 Language, Acts, and Identity in LGBT HistoryJen Manion17 Transgender History (and Otherwise Approaches to Queer Embodiment)Finn Enke18 Lesbian History: Spirals of Imagination, Marginalization, and CreationJulie R. Enszer19 Bisexual History: Let’s Not Bijack Another CenturyLoraine Hutchins20 Queer of Color Estrangement and BelongingNayan Shah21 FamiliesDaniel Rivers22 Sickness and WellnessKatie Batza23 Criminalization and LegalizationAndrea J. Ritchie and Kay Whitlock24 Law and Politics: “Crooked and Perverse” Narratives of LGBT ProgressMarc Stein25 LaborSara R. Smith-Silverman26 ConsumerismStephen Vider27 Queer Performance and Popular CultureSharon Ullman28 Public History and Queer MemoryLara Kelland