If Memory Serves: Gay Men, AIDS, and the Promise of the Queer Past

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If Memory Serves This page intentionally left blank University of Minnesota Press Minneapolis London C H R I S T O P H E R C A S T I G L I A a n d C H R I S T O P H E R R E E D IF MEMORY SERVES Gay Men, AIDS, and the Promise of the Queer Past An earlier version of chapter 1 was published as Christopher Castiglia, “Sex Publics, Sex Panics, Sex Memories,” boundary 2 27, no. 2 (Summer 2000): 149–75; and as Christopher Castiglia, “The Way We Were: Remembering the Gay 70s,” in The Seventies: The Age of Glitter in Popular Culture, ed. Shelton Waldrep (New York: Routledge, 1999), 206–23. An earlier version of chapter 2 was published as Christopher Reed, “Imminent Domain: Queer Space in the Built Environment,” Art Journal 55, no. 4 (Winter 1996): 64–70; Christopher Reed, “We’re from Oz: Marking Ethnic and Sexual Identity,” Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 21, no. 4 (August 2003): 425–40; and Christopher Reed, “A Third Chicago School?” in Chicago Architecture: Histories, Revisions, Alternatives, ed. Katerina Rae Reudi and Charles Waldheim (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005), 163–75. An earlier version of chapter 3 was published as Christopher Castiglia and Christopher Reed, “‘Ah Yes, I Remember It Well’: Memory, Mass Media, and Will and Grace,” Cultural Critique 56 (Winter 2004): 158–88. An earlier version of chapter 4 was published as Christopher Castiglia, “Past Burning: The (Post)Traumatic Crisis of (Post-) Queer Theory,” in States of Emergency, ed. Russ Castronovo and Susan Gillman (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2009), 69–87. Copyright 2012 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published by the University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520 http://www.upress.umn.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Castiglia, Christopher. If memory serves : gay men, AIDS, and the promise of the queer past / Christopher Castiglia and Christopher Reed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8166-7610-1 (hc : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-8166-7611-8 (pb : alk. paper) 1. Gays—United States—History. 2. Gay culture—United States—History. 3. AIDS (Disease)—Social aspects—United States. 4. Queer theory—United States. 5. Gay and lesbian studies—United States. I. Reed, Christopher, 1961– II. Title. HQ76.3.U5.C375 2012 306.76'60973—dc23 2011031750 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper The University of Minnesota is an equal-opportunity educator and employer. 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Dedicated to the memory of our teachers and friends, John Boswell and Vito Russo, and to Simon Watney, who continues to teach and inspire us. This page intentionally left blank ...