The Pink and the Black: Homosexuals in France since 1968
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This book examines the development of France’s male and female homosexual communities and its gay liberation movements after 1968. Library Journal Martel, a French diplomat who has held posts in the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Culture, has created a monumental work on modern gay and lesbian history in the French Republic. With remarkable depth and a cogent ability to interpret the bigger picture, the author ranges from the radical gay liberation movements of the 1960s and 1970s through the initial denial and retrenchment of the gay community during the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, and finally to the new homosexual visibility of the 1990s. The two threads that make up gay and lesbian history are woven together seamlessly, converging where issues and personalities allow while sometimes abruptly separating--for example, in the early and mid-1970s, when radical lesbian feminism sought its own distinct path. An exhaustive, thoroughly researched work with a surprising "you-are-there" readability that belies its daunting size and topic, this book is highly recommended for academic collections and larger public libraries.--Jeffery Ingram, Newport P.L., OR Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.\\
Acronyms Used in This BookPreface to the English-Language EditionPrologue1Pt. IThe Revolution of Desire (1968-79)1"My Name Is Guy Hocquenghem"132Women's Liberation: Year Zero323"Down with Daddy's Homosexuality!" (Before 1970)484Drifting675The Militant Explosion79Pt. IIThe Era of Socialization (1979-84)6"We Must Be Relentlessly Gay"1077"Seven Years of Happiness"? (May 1981)1218Swan Song1369Happiness in the Ghetto155Pt. IIIThe End of the Carefree Life (1981-89)10The Conflagration18711Aides: The History of a Social Movement21612Backlash24513The Hecatomb259Pt. IVThe Era of Contradictions (1989-96)14ACT UP: The History of a Political Movement28515The Second Homosexual Revolution31016The Identity Movement324Epilogue: A Dubious Communitarianism347Chronology (1968-99)363Interview Sources377Notes381Bibliography429
