Julio Capo Jr is assistant professor of history at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Welcome to Fairyland eschews the earlier scholarly impulse in
lesbian and gay studies to produce histories of same-sex desire and
community-building without grappling with how gender, race, and
class inequities structured differential access to spaces of
leisure and transgression where those formations might have
emerged."--Los Angeles Review of Books
Demonstrates the centrality of queer and transnational analysis to
understanding the 'instant city' of Miami and provides an important
model for future scholarship in queer, urban, and southern
histories."--Journal of Southern History
For any history buff, Capo's book is truly a gem that sheds a lot
of light on an era in [Florida] that gets little notoriety outside
of the gay media circuit."--South Florida Gay News
Grapples with important questions such as under what historical
circumstances norms get shaped, bifurcated, and become hegemonic.
Capo Jr.'s work is an extraordinary contribution that offers
innovative ways for understanding the role of gender and sexuality
in shaping the social, cultural, and urban landscape of
Miami."--Black Perspectives
One of the most innovative and important recent works in LGBT
history. Capo has uncovered astonishing finds that recover the
remarkable past of a city that too many people believe has no
history to speak of."--Gay & Lesbian Review
This engaging and densely researched book stretches the very idea
of what queer history can be. . . . A wide-reaching and provocative
volume that makes clear how the histories of sexuality and gender
are interwoven with and informed by the histories of race, class,
and empire." --Canadian Journal of History
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