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An edition of Take the young stranger by the hand (1998)

Take the young stranger by the hand

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Take the Young Stranger by the Hand examines the rich emotional lives of men who sought to build community with other men and considers the relationship between Christian brotherhood and homoeroticism. It also shows how the YMCA, a pioneer in the field of sex education, was one of the earliest popularizers of medical and psychiatric paradigms of sexuality - paradigms that have transformed American social, emotional, and family life.

Gustav-Wrathall discusses the roles played by women in a Christian men's organization and the volatile relationship between the YMCA and the YWCA. He also looks at how the YMCA has influenced the evolution of gay communities, gay culture, and gay identities. Gustav-Wrathall presents the YMCA as an institution of profound contradictions, reflective of the broader society's views of same-sex love and sexuality.

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University of Chicago
Language
English
Pages
267

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Subjects
History, Membership, Young Men's Christian associations, Male friendship, Gay men
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United States, United states

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Take the Young Stranger by the Hand: Same-Sex Relations and the YMCA (The Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society)
June 1, 2000, University Of Chicago Press
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Take the young stranger by the hand: same-sex relations and the YMCA
1998, University of Chicago
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-254) and index.

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Series
The Chicago series on sexuality, history, and society

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Dewey Decimal Class
267/.3973
Library of Congress
BV1090 .G88 1998, BV1090.G88 1998

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xiv, 267 p. :
Number of pages
267

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OL350541M
ISBN 10
0226907848
LCCN
98009904
OCLC/WorldCat
38270678
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500041
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1361904

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