5. Beauty and the Beach

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Preface xi
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Abbreviations xvii
6. 1. These Shrieking Violets 1
7. 2. Gay Writing Before the Violet Quill 38
8. 3. Two Journeys 80
9. 4. Race and the Violet Quill 114
10. 5. Beauty and the Beach 137
11. 6. Love and Sex 170
12. 7. AIDS 216
13. Works cited 283
14. Chronology 289
15. Index 293
16. Backmatter 305