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GAY HISTORY Henry Abelove This book is novel and bold. It is also tediously overly detailed. Some of the detail should surely have been consigned to articles in specialist journals and left there. Despite the dense underbrush of particulars and instances, though, the overall argument stands out clearly and deserves close atten tion. The Straight State: Sexuality and Citizenship in Twentieth-Century America by Margot Canaday. Politics and Society in Twentieth Century America series. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2009. Pp. 296, 6 illustrations. $29.95 cloth. In very summary form, the ar gument is this: During the era stretching from early in the twen tieth century to the cold war, the American state grew in power and reach. During these same years, the newly discovered notion of ho mosexuality, developed by sexolo gists, "exploded on the American continent." These two develop ments, operating "in tandem" (2) led federal bureaucrats to endeavor |
