"You Can Tell Just By Looking" by Michael Bronski - ISBN: 9780807042458
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“Breaks down the most commonly held misconceptions about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their lives. “You Can Tell Just by Looking” unpacks enduring, popular, and deeply held myths about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, culture, and life in America. Some of these m…

"You Can Tell Just By Looking"

And 20 Other Myths about LGBT Life and People

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  • Paperback

    208 pages

  • Release Date

    1 September 2018

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Summary

Breaks down the most commonly held misconceptions about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their lives.2014 Lambda Literary Award Finalist- LGBT NonfictionBreaks down the most commonly held misconceptions about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their livesIn “You Can Tell Just by Looking”three scholars and activists come together to unpack enduring, popular, and deeply held myths about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, culture, and life in Americ…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780807042458
ISBN-10:0807042455
Author:Michael Bronski, Ann Pellegrini, Michael Amico
Publisher:Beacon Press
Imprint:Beacon Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:208
Release Date:1 September 2018
Weight:249g
Dimensions:216mm x 140mm x 14mm
Series:Myths Made in America
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Critics Review

“This powerful book demands that we look more closely at the ways we move in and structure our society, and asks vital questions that will steer the culture toward justice and equality.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

“This groundbreaking book is rich in smart, stirring, and forthright examinations of myths, negative and positive, and clarifying examples, and holds to scholarly standards while compellingly and revealingly addressing the curiosity and concerns of mainstream readers.” —Booklist

“One of the most complete sourcebooks about science, sociology and LGBT life out there.” —PopMatters

About The Author

Michael Bronski

Michael Bronski (Cambridge, Massachusetts) has written extensively on LGBT issues for four decades. He is the author of several award-winning books, including most recently A Queer History of the United States. He is Professor of the Practice in Activism and Media in the Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Harvard University.Ann Pellegrini(New York, New York) is professor of performance studies and religious studies at New York University, where she also directs NYU’s Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality. She has written extensively about religion, sexuality, and US public life. Her publications include Performance Anxieties and the coauthored book Love the Sin.Michael Amico (New Haven, Connecticut) is a PhD candidate in American studies at Yale University, and is writing a history of the love between two men in the Civil War. He has written for LGBT youth publications, such as Young Gay America, and provided political analysis for the Boston Phoenix and other venues.

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