title: Gay Artists in Modern American Culture: An Imagined Conspiracy (Caravan Book)
author:  Michael S. Sherry 
description: Masterfully investigates how gay artists--mostly male--came to define modern American culture while navigating the restrictions imposed by Cold War homophobia.--<i>Journal of Cold War Studies</i><br><br><br /><br />The accomplishments of <i>Gay Artists</i> are many. . . . Highly recommended for scholars--and also for non-academics--who have interests in twentieth-century American culture, in queer studies, and in studies of modern U.S. empire. . . . It should become a vital reference for those studying how these three interconnected subjects collided. . . . <i>Gay Artists</i> recently won the 2008 LGBT Award for Nonfiction from the Lambda Literary Foundation. It deserves to pick up several more.--<i>American Studies</i><br><br><br /><br />This book examines a new series of discourse about gay men who were prominent in the field of the arts and letters and is a valuable contribution to cultural history in the United States.--<i>Journal of the History of Sexuality</i><br><br><br /><br /><i>Gay Artists in Modern American Culture</i> uncovers a forgotten Cold War gay renaissance.--<i>American Literary History</i><br><br>
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