From the time of its first publication, Tearoom Trade engendered controversy. It was also accorded an unusual amount of praise for a first book on a marginal, intentionally self-effacing population by a previously unknown sociologist. The book was quickly recognized as an important, imaginative, and useful contribution to our understanding of deviant sexual activity. Describing impersonal, anonymous sexual encounters in public restroomstearooms in the argotthe book explores the behavior of men whose closet homosexuality is kept from their families and neighbors.
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Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.8. Codice articolo G0202302822I3N00
Descrizione libro gebundene Ausgabe. Condizione: Gut. 238 Seiten Der Erhaltungszustand des hier angebotenen Werks ist trotz seiner Bibliotheksnutzung sehr sauber. Es befindet sich neben dem Rückenschild lediglich ein Bibliotheksstempel im Buch; ordnungsgemäß entwidmet. In ENGLISCHER Sprache. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 430. Codice articolo 2126486
Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. Light gray cloth, lettered in black. First thus of 1975 revised edition (originally issued 1970). Exterior presents as issued. Mild toning to flyleaves, with rear flyleaf and a portion of rear pastedown containing the former owner's handwritten review/observations, in pencil, scattered underlining and a few marginal notations inked through text. Illus. white dust jacket lettered in black is a bit foxed along top edge, with light shelf/edge wear, now in mylar. xviii,238 pp. Author's obituary and an article about his career laid in at rear. Book. Codice articolo 043136
Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Good. book. Codice articolo D7S9-1-M-0202302822-4