Making Trouble: Essays on Gay History, Politics, and the University

by John D'Emilio

Book Overview

Combining historical and political analysis with autobiography and memoir, Making Trouble brings together the essays of John D Emilio, a pioneering gay historian and long-time movement activist.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415905109
• ISBN13: 9780415905107
• Release Date: March 1993
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Really accessible book by a noted gay scholar

John D'Emilio is a celebrated gay academic who wrote about gay issues when scholars were too afraid to risk their chances for tenure to do so. He is just as brave as George Chauncey and Esther Newton, gay academics who fought for the right to do gay scholarship. This book is a smorgasbord of his essays. It includes his groundbreaking piece "Capitalism and Gay Identity." It also has an awesome chapter where D'Emilio critiques anti-porn feminist activism. This book would be easy for non-academic readers to peruse as well. I would recommend this and all of D'Emilio's books.