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Summary: Great!
Review: A great primer for contemporary gay history via Americana. This book is a lovely balance of the frivilious and serious. It's perfectly political without being preachy and it's totally fun. After wiping away tears of embarassment (those outfits!), you walk away empowered that somehow you survived the ordeal youself - whatever your sexuality or popularity in high school.
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Summary: An excellent concept
Review: This book is a beaut-- beautifully designed, fascinating, funny and wise. For everyone who went to their prom, or stayed away!
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Summary: An excellent concept
Review: This is a fantastic book. Its design and concept are extraordinary. I'm a little disappointed with the content, though. The first person accounts of each contributor's prom is a perfect place to begin, but I was hoping that Boyers would go somewhere with the information. The introduction seems to merely skim the surface of prom's history and a little bit of gay history, rather than go into the real implications of what purpose prom serves in American society (on the back cover, it's a "rite of passage"--more on that, maybe?), and how that affects queers nationwide. I guess I was hoping that he'd make some claims. But obviously this is not the type of book he wanted to create. Maybe the next one....?
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Summary: A great read!!
Review: What a great book. I am not normally one for "coffee table" books, and actually found that this was so much more than that!Yes, the design is great and really beautiful to look at ... and the stories are poignant and engaging. The back-story about the history of prom shows what a great starting point this is to discuss issues of sexuality, gender, coupling, etc. This is a book you will read and re-read. Highly recommended!
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Summary: A great read!!
Review: What a great book. I am not normally one for "coffee table" books, and actually found that this was so much more than that! Yes, the design is great and really beautiful to look at ... and the stories are poignant and engaging. The back-story about the history of prom shows what a great starting point this is to discuss issues of sexuality, gender, coupling, etc. This is a book you will read and re-read. Highly recommended!
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