Steel Closets: Voices of Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Steelworkers
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| Rating | : | 4.37 (630 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 146962723X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Anne Balay teaches at Haverford College
The voices and stories captured by Balay--by turns alarming, heroic, funny, and devastating--challenge contemporary understandings of what it means to be queer and shed light on the incredible homophobia and violence faced by many: nearly all of Balay's narrators remain closeted at work, and many have experienced harassment, violence, or rape. She presents powerful stories of the intersections of work, class, gender, and sexual identity in the dangerous industrial setting of the steel mill. In Steel Closets, Anne Balay draws on oral history interviews with forty gay, lesbian, and transgender steelworkers, mostly living in northwestern Indiana, to give
Lydia S.W. said A MUST READ. This is a must read, good enough material to make Oprah's Book Club! Embrace your NW Indiana brothers and sisters and also it's members of the LGBTA+ community! Enjoy this work of art written by a local author, Anne Balay for this amazing woman will NOT disappoint.. Book of the Year candidate! Steel Closets was a true tour de force, drawing from the finest traditions of sociology, psychology and social justice! Thanks to Dr Balay for opening the door for her readers.. Reading Junkie said It looks thin, but it isn't. I am still making my way through this book. It isn't that it's bad; it's very well developed, and contains in-depth interviews conducted by the author. My initial thought that this book would be lightweight was in error. It is thin, but very, very mighty.You will get a good bang for the buck with this book. It's kind of sad though, too, these closeted steelworkers who cannot live their true lives. They are tough, gritty folk. You'd ha
Groundbreaking.--Chicago Post-TribuneA well-wrought contribution to LGBT studies.--Library JournalThis original, insightful, well-written, and concise story of class, gender, sexuality, and sometimes race is at turns harrowing and exciting. As a testament to the sheer magnitude of suffering, resourcefulness, and perseverance of our queer sisters and brothers in steel, she has written a labor of love.--Women's Review of BooksAn eye-opening read; you won't forget these interviews.--LavenderA must-read LGBT book of 2014.--The AdvocateBalay's life-changing book is a compelling 192-page study exploring how sexuality and gender overlap in the sprawling steel mills of Northwest Indiana. Their stories challenge our convenient stereotypes of what it means to be queer and how that has changed through time.--Chicago Sun TimesAn honest and intimate window into the lives of hard-working queer steelworkers whose liv