Gay bar the fabulous, true story of a daring woman and her boys in the 1950s

Vivacious, unconventional, candid, and straight, Helen Branson operated a gay bar in Los Angeles in the 1950s - America's most anti-gay decade. After years of fending off drunken passes as an entertainer in cocktail bars, this divorced grandmother preferred the wit, variety, and fun she found a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Fellows, Will, author (author), Branson, Helen P., author (author of introduction), Baker, Blanche M., author of introduction
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Madison, Wisconsin : University of Wisconsin Press 2010.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009757839706719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Preface
  • From The Dust Jacket Of The Original Edition
  • Introduction
  • Foreword
  • Chapter 1: Well, Get You, Girl
  • Chapter 2: Don8217;t Scream At Your Mother
  • Chapter 3: Carry On Like Faust
  • Chapter 4: Clever Drag, But I Think He8217;s Fuzz
  • Chapter 5: Hit Him With Your Beaded Bag, May
  • Chapter 6: Meanwhile, Back At The Palace
  • Chapter 7: And Away We Go
  • Chapter 8: Must Be These High Heels I8217;M Wearing
  • Chapter 9: I Read Her Beads For Her
  • Chapter 10: Listen To Your Mother
  • For The Record
  • Afterword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes On Sources
  • Bibliography.