Dublin Core
Title
Bars and the Queer Economy, 2017, by Jeffrey Escoffier and Christopher Mitchel
Subject
Work and Economic Life
Social Life and Community
Movements and Activism
Description
Writing about queer bars and drag culture in the 1972 classic Mother Camp, Esther Newton observed that queer communities had “an economics but no economy.” In this exhibit, Jeffrey Escoffier and Christopher Mitchell address the economics of gay bars for the early "closeted" LGBT community.
Time Period
1960s
1940-1960
Person
Escoffier, Jeffrey
Mitchel, Christopher
Cory, Donald Webster
Sagarin, Edward
Newton, Esther
