Times Square red, Times Square blue /
Samuel R. Delany ; with a new foreword by Robert F. Reid-Pharr.
- 20th anniversary edition.
- xxviii, 204 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
- Sexual cultures .
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 and index.
Acknowledgments ix Writer's Preface xi Part 1. Times Square Blue 1 Part 2... Three, Two, One, Contact: Times Square Red 109 Works Cited 201
Twentieth anniversary edition of a landmark book that cataloged a vibrant but disappearing neighborhood in New York City. In the two decades that preceded the original publication of Times Square Red, Times Square Blue, Forty-second Street, then the most infamous street in America, was being remade into a sanitized tourist haven. In the forced disappearance of porn theaters, peep shows, and street hustlers to make room for a Disney store, a children's theater, and large, neon-lit cafes, Samuel R. Delany saw a disappearance, not only of the old Times Square, but of the complex social relationships that developed there. Samuel R. Delany bore witness to the dismantling of the institutions that promoted points of contact between people of different classes and races in a public space, and in this hybrid text, argues for the necessity of public restrooms and tree-filled parks to a city's physical and psychological landscape. This twentieth anniversary edition includes a new foreword by Robert Reid-Pharr that traces the importance and continued resonances of Samuel R. Delany's groundbreaking Times Square Red, Times Square Blue
Sex industry--New York (State)--New York. Sex customs--New York (State)--New York. Male homosexuality--New York (State)--New York. Urban renewal--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century. Prostitución --Historia --Nueva York (Estados Unidos) Costumbres sexuales--Nueva York (Estados Unidos) Homosexualidad masculina --Nueva York (Estados Unidos) Rehabilitación urbana--Historia --Nueva York (Estados Unidos)--Siglo XX
Times Square (New York, N.Y.)--Social life and customs. Times Square (Nueva York, N.Y.) --Vida social y costumbres Times Square (New York, N.Y.)--Social conditions. Times Square (Nueva York, N.Y.) --Condiciones sociales