The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-202).
If one street in America can claim to be the most infamous, it is surely Forty-second Street. Once known for its peep shows, street corner hustlers, and movie houses, Forty-second Street has been overwhelmed by the quest for safety - from safe sex and safe neighborhoods to safe cities and safe relationships. Now defined by corporate theme stores and large, neon-lit cafes, Forty-second Street has, in effect, become a family tourist attraction for visitors from Berlin, Tokyo, Westchester County, and the New Jersey suburbs.
Samuel R. Delany sees a disappearance, not only of the old Times Square, but of the complex social relationships that developed there; the points of contact between people of different classes and races in a public space. In Times Square Red, Times Square Blue, Delany tackles the question of why public restrooms, peep shows, and tree-filled parks are necessary to a city's physical and psychological landscape. Times Square Red, Times Square Blue paints a portrait of a society dismantling the institutions that promote communication between classes and disguising its fears of cross-class contact as "family values."
Male homosexuality-- New York (State)-- New York.
Sex customs-- New York (State)-- New York.
Sex-oriented businesses-- New York (State)-- New York.
Urban renewal-- New York (State)-- New York-- History-- 20th century.
Male homosexuality-- New York (State)-- New York.
Male homosexuality.
Manners and customs.
Sex customs-- New York (State)-- New York.
Sex customs.
Sex-oriented businesses-- New York (State)-- New York.
Sex-oriented businesses.
Social conditions
Urban renewal-- New York (State)-- New York.
Urban renewal.
Times Square (New York, N.Y.), Social conditions.
Times Square (New York, N.Y.), Social life and customs.
New York (State), New York, Times Square.
New York (State), New York.
Times Square (New York, N.Y.), Social conditions.
Times Square (New York, N.Y.), Social life and customs.