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Halsted Plays Himself

book cover ISBN'.9781584351078.'




William E. Jones | € 26.95
subject: Social Science, Gay Studies
ISBN: 9781584351078 | ISBN-10: 1584351071
Semiotext(e) | publication date: 09/2011
US Edition | Hardcover | 216 pages| | |
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fascinating glimpse of a bygone gay culture whose aesthetic was far less polished, more earthy, and more dangerous than our current one, defined as it is by dollars and digital media.' -- Sam Biederman, Bookforum 'As a project born out of the author's sincere admiration for his subject, Halsted Plays Himself amounts to a very passionate, if not sentimental, account. Jones not only attempts to symbolically revive Halsted in this elegy, but continuously constructs imaginary scenarios which could have resulted in him still being alive, better understood, or more accepted.' -- Aliina Astrova, Kaleidoscope (blog) '[A] rich and rewarding excavation of a blazing moment in the early 1970s...[A] valuable installment in a recent, resurgent interest in queer documents from that flourishing social period, positioning Halsted's artistic legacy within a teeming moment of gay visibility.'

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