Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Preface xi
5. Introduction: Fascists and Whores 1
6. PART I FIERCE
7. 1. Banishing the God of Mediocrity 7
8. 2. The Few, the Proud, the Cracked 13
9. 3. Thousands of Dancing Gay Men 22
10. 4. Fierceness 29
11. 5. The Girlfriends 57
12. 6. Harm Reduction 70
13. PART II TRIBE
14. 7. A History of Festive Homosexuality: 1700–1969 CE 81
15. 8. A History of the Circuit(s): 1969 CE-Present 101
16. 9. A Tale of Two Cities: NOLA and MIA 145
17. PART III PULSE
18. 10. Popular Dance 163
19. 11. Axé 184
20. 12. From Marching Soldier to Dancing Queen 197
21. PART IV ECSTASY
22. 13. The DJ 215
23. 14. Stepping Out 228
24. Bibliography 257
25. Discography 264
26. Index 266