J ason B aumann , editor. The Stonewall Reader
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8621697 |
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| Authors | Christina B Hanhardt (University of Maryland, College Park, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 126 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 833-834 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-06 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The American Historical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-8762 • E-ISSN: 1937-5239 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ahr/rhab279 |
| OpenAlex | W3198201130 |
| Language | EN |
June 28, 2019, marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, the multiday rebellion in response to a police raid of a gay bar in New York City’s Greenwich Village. Stonewall (as it is shorthanded) arguably is the most well-known piece of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) history and its most contested. Popular sources often describe Stonewall as a riot that marked the start of the modern LGBT movement, while historians and activists alike debate its details as well as its significance in shaping local, national, and even international politics. These debates often focus on historical accuracy, such as who was there and what actions they took; but they also place Stonewall in its broader historical contexts, including a longer legacy of lesbian and gay activism and other 1960s social movements, and ask why this uprising garnered so much attention and not similar ones in other cities during this
Greenwich · Lesbian · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Transgender · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Gender Studies · History · Law
| Highly cited | No |
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