Bibliograph

Times Square red, Times Square blue, Samuel R. Delany ; with a new foreword by Robert F. Reid-Pharr

Type

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Times Square red, Times Square blue, Samuel R. Delany ; with a new foreword by Robert F. Reid-Pharr

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-202)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Times Square red, Times Square blue

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1054260588

Responsibility statement

Samuel R. Delany ; with a new foreword by Robert F. Reid-Pharr

Series statement

Sexual cultures: new directions from the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies

Summary

"In the two decades that preceded the original publication of Times Square Red, Times Square Blue, Forty-second Street, then the most infamous street in America, was being remade into a sanitized tourist haven. In the forced disappearance of porn theaters, peep shows, and street hustlers to make room for a Disney store, a children’s theater, and large, neon-lit cafes, Samuel R. Delany saw a disappearance, not only of the old Times Square, but of the complex social relationships that developed there. Samuel R. Delany bore witness to the dismantling of the institutions that promoted points of contact between people of different classes and races in a public space, and in this hybrid text, argues for the necessity of public restrooms and tree-filled parks to a city's physical and psychological landscape. This twentieth anniversary edition includes a new foreword by Robert Reid-Pharr that traces the importance and continued resonances of Samuel R. Delany’s groundbreaking Times Square Red, Times Square Blue"--page 4 of cover

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