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The Queerest House in Cambridge.

Authors :
Lowe, Hilary Iris
Source :
Public Historian. May2019, Vol. 41 Issue 2, p44-69. 26p.
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

One of the great challenges for public historians in LGBTQ history is finding and developing interpretation of the history of sexuality for public audiences at current historic sites. This article answers this challenge by repositioning historic house museums as sites of some of the most important LGBTQ public history we have, by using the Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as a case study. At this house museum, we can re-see historical interpretation through a queer lens and take on histories that have been until recently "slandered, ignored, and erased" from our public narratives of the past.1 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
02723433
Volume :
41
Issue :
2
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Public Historian
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
136643828
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2019.41.2.44