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Bodies of Evidence: The Practice of Queer Oral History is the first book to provide serious scholarly insight into the methodological practices that shape lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer oral histories. Each chapter pairs an oral history excerpt with an essay in which the oral historian addresses his or her methods and practices. With an afterword by John D'Emilio, this collection enables readers to examine the role memory, desire, sexuality, and gender play in documenting LGBTQ communities and cultures.
The historical themes addressed include 1950s and '60s lesbian bar culture; social life after the Cuban revolution; the organization of transvestite social clubs in the U.S. midwest in the 1960s; Australian gay liberation activism in the 1970s; San Francisco electoral politics and the career of Harvey Milk; Asian American community organizing in pre-AIDS Los Angeles; lesbian feminist "sex war " cultural politics; 1980s and '90s Latina/o transgender community memory and activism in San Francisco; and the war in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The methodological themes include questions of silence, sexual self-disclosure and voyeurism, the intimacy between researcher and narrator, and the social and political commitments negotiated through multiple oral history interviews. The book also examines the production of comparative racial and sexual identities and the relative strengths of same-sexuality, cross-sexuality, and cross-ideology interviewing.
Contents
Introduction: Close Encounters: The Body and Knowledge in Queer Oral History ; by Horacio N. Roque Ramirez and Nan Alamilla Boyd ; Part 1: Silence ; Chapter 1: Sex, 'Silence,' and Audiotape: Listening for Female Same-Sex Desire in Cuba ; by Carrie Hamilton ; Oral history by Carrie Hamilton with "Laura," Havana, Cuba, 2005-2007 ; Chapter 2: Remembering Provincetown: Oral History and Narrativity at Land's End ; by Karen Krahulik ; Oral history by Karen Krahulik with Marguerite Beata Cook, Provincetown, Massachusetts, January 22, 1997 ; Chapter 3: Queer Family Stories: Learning from Oral Histories with Lesbian Mothers and Gay Fathers from the Pre-Stonewall Era ; by Daniel Rivers ; Oral history by Daniel Rivers with Vera Clarice Martin, Apache Junction, Arizona, September 2, 2006 ; Chapter 4: Spiraling Desire: Recovering the Lesbian Embodied Self in Oral History Narrative ; by Jeff Friedman ; Oral history by Jeff Friedman with Terry Sendgraff, San Francisco, California, November 12 and 28, and December 6, 1990 ; Part 2: Sex ; Chapter 5: Talking About Sex: Cheryl Gonzales and Rikki Streicher Tell Their Stories ; by Nan Alamilla Boyd ; Oral history by Nan Alamilla Boyd with Cheryl Gonzales, San Francisco, California, February 1, 1992; oral history by Nan Alamilla Boyd with Rikki Streicher, San Francisco, California, January 22, 1992 ; Chapter 6: Private Lives and Public History: On Excavating the Sexual Past in Queer Oral History Practice ; by Jason Ruiz ; Oral history by Jason Ruiz with Charles W. Paul Larsen, Columbia Heights, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 16, 2004 ; Chapter 7: Gender, Desire, and Feminism: A Conversation between Dorothy Allison and Carmen Vazquez ; by Kelly Anderson ; Oral history by Kelly Anderson with Dorothy Allison and Carmen Vazquez, San Francisco, California, November 19, 2007 ; Part 3: Friendship ; Chapter 8: Friendship, Institutions, Oral History ; by Michael David Franklin ; Oral history interview by Michael David Franklin and Dorthe Troeften with Carol, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 24, 2005 ; Chapter 9: Gay Teachers and Students, Oral History and Queer Kinship ; by Daniel Marshall ; Oral history by Daniel Marshall with Gary Jaynes and Graham Carbery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, August 6, 2008 ; Chapter 10: Sharing Queer Authorities: Collaborating for Transgender Latina and Gay Latino Historical Meanings ; Horacio N. Roque Ramirez ; Oral history by Horacio N. Roque Ramirez with Alberta Nevaeres (aka "Teresita la Campesina"), San Francisco, California, April 27, 1996 ; Part 4: Politics ; Chapter 11: Dancing with Stella, Los Angeles Daughters of Bilitis Pioneer ; Marcia M. Gallo ; Oral history by Marcia Gallo with Stella Rush, Los Angeles, California, ; March 15 and 19, May 2, May 21 and 22, November 17, 2002 ; Chapter 12: "You Could Argue That They Control Power": Politics and Interviewing across Sexualities ; by Martin Meeker ; Oral history by Martin Meeker with Quentin Kopp, San Mateo, California, April 16 and 17, 2007 ; Chapter 13: Don't Ask: Discussing Sexuality in the American Military and the Media ; by Steve Estes ; Oral history by Steve Estes with Brian Hughes, Washington D.C., January 25, 2005 ; Chapter 14: Thanks for the Memories: A Narrator Asks an Oral Historian for Validation ; by Eric C. Wat ; Oral history by Eric Wat with Ernest Wada, Los Angeles, California, December 4, 1997 ; Afterword: "If I Knew Then..." ; John D'Emilio ; Contributors ; Index
