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John Donald Gustav-Wrathall

Take the Young Stranger by the Hand

Same-Sex Relations and the YMCA

288 pages, 15 halftones, 2 line drawings  6 x 9  © 1998
Series: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society

Cloth $23.00

ISBN: 9780226907840   Published October 1998

Paper $18.00

ISBN: 9780226907857   Published June 2000

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1: From Urban Pietism to Sex Education
2: Intense Friendship
3: Singleness and the Consecrated Secretary
4: Marriage and the Sacrificial "Y Wife"
5: Women and the Young Men's Christian Association
6: Getting Physical
7: Cruising
Epilogue
App. 1: Analysis of Quantitative Sources on YMCA Secretarial Marital Status
App. 2: Methodological Problems: Silences, the Spirit/Body Split, and the Denial of Cruising
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Awards
  • Minnesota Book Awards Honorable Mention
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