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Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution
Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution
Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution
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Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution

Written by David Carter

Narrated by Robertson Dean

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

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The basis of the PBS American Experience documentary Stonewall Uprising

In 1969, a series of riots over police action against The Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City's Greenwich Village, changed the longtime landscape of the homosexual in society literally overnight. Since then the event itself has become the stuff of legend, with relatively little hard information available on the riots themselves. Now, based on hundreds of interviews, an exhaustive search of public and previously sealed files, and over a decade of intensive research into the history and the topic, Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution brings one of history's most singular events to vivid life.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateSep 24, 2019
ISBN9781515949732
Author

David Carter

Dr. David Carter taught at several UK universities and Yonsei University, Seoul. He published on psychoanalysis, literature, drama, film history and applied linguistics, and was also a freelance writer and journalist. He had more than 30 years experience with amateur drama, as actor, director and for many years as chairman of a leading group in the South of England. He wrote Creative Essentials on Plays... and how to produce them and The Art of Acting, Pocket Essentials on Georges Simenon and Literary Theory, and Kamera Books on East Asian Cinema and The Western.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Excellent reading of excellently researched account of the events and impact if the Stonewall riots. highly recommended.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Carter wrote a history of queer people's 6 day struggle with the police for control of the gay ghetto in New York in 1969. A dense history, heavy with details and anecdotes gleaned from the author's seemingly tireless search for every interview and bit of coverage that even tangentially related to Stonewall. The book would have been a lot easier to follow and digest after editing, but it's so rich in resources that it's hard to fault Carter including everything he could find.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    David Carter's give a detail account of the environment gays were living in the 1960s, the Stonewall riots, and the lasting effect of the riots and the beginning of gay liberation. When I say detailed, I mean very detailed. It could be hard to keep track of people and places. The book is well researched and gives several accounts of events from multiple peoples perspectives.