Esther Newton: 3 books

Book cover of Margaret Mead Made Me Gay

Margaret Mead Made Me Gay

Personal Essays, Public Ideas

by Esther Newton, Michèle Aina Barale, Michael Moon
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2000

Margaret Mead Made Me Gay is the intellectual autobiography of cultural anthropologist Esther Newton, a pioneer in gay and lesbian studies. Chronicling the development of her ideas from the excitement of early feminism in the 1960s to friendly critiques of queer theory in the 1990s, this collection...
Book cover of Cherry Grove, Fire Island

Cherry Grove, Fire Island

Sixty Years in America's First Gay and Lesbian Town

by Esther Newton
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2015

First published in 1993, the award-winning Cherry Grove, Fire Island tells the story of the extraordinary gay and lesbian resort community near New York City. This new paperback edition includes a new preface by the author.
Book cover of More Alternative Truths
by Bob Brown, Gwyndyn T. Alexander, Lou J. Berger
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2017

More Alternative Truths is an exploration of the potential consequences of today’s politics in our daily lives. More than our individual lives, but our American identity. This exploration defines this anthology.  So many of the stories ask what has America become?  What will it be in the...
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