Take the Young Stranger by the Hand
Same-Sex Relations and the YMCA
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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