{"product_id":"book-dacg","title":"Indecent Advances","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA skillful hybrid of true crime and social history that examines the relationship between the media and popular culture in the portrayal of crimes against gay men in the decades before Stonewall.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStories of murder have never been just about killers and victims. Instead, crime stories take the shape of their times and reflect cultural notions and prejudices. In \u003ci\u003eIndecent Advances\u003c\/i\u003e, James Polchin recovers and recounts queer stories from the crime pages―often lurid and euphemistic―that reveal the hidden history of violence against gay men. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat was left unsaid in the crime pages provides insight into the figure of the queer man as both criminal and victim, offering readers tales of vice and violence that aligned gender and sexual deviance with tragic, gruesome endings. Victims were often reported as having made \"indecent advances,\" forcing the accused's hands in self-defense and reducing murder charges to manslaughter. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished in time for the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising on June 28, 1969, \u003ci\u003eIndecent Advances\u003c\/i\u003e investigates how queer men navigated a society that criminalized them and displayed little compassion for the violence they endured. Polchin shows, with masterful insight, how this discrimination was ultimately transformed by activists to help shape the burgeoning gay rights movement in the years leading up to Stonewall.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brilliance Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49377749631280,"sku":"BDdacg","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD [10]","offer_id":49377749696816,"sku":"10dacg","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/dacg-Square-cover.jpg?v=1773837458","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-dacg","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}