1960s Gay Pulp Fiction: The Misplaced Heritage

As a result of a series of court cases, by the mid-1960s the U.S. post office could no longer interdict books that contained homosexuality. Gay writers were eager to take advantage of this new freedom, but the only houses poised to capitalize on the outpouring of manuscripts were "adult" paperback publishers who marketed their products with salacious covers. Gay critics, unlike their lesbian counterparts, have for the most part declined to take these...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625340451
• ISBN13: 9781625340450
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"