{"product_id":"village-dreams-9781778490323","title":"Village Dreams","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e Village Dreams, \u003c\/i\u003eJay Quint merges his own existential crisis and writer's block into a chronicle of the evolution of counterculture and the emergence of the world's famous Gay Villages. These special enclaves, at once havens and ghettos, were at the heart of the willfully overlooked transition period between the collapse of the '60s youth movements, and the rise of the \"new urbanism\" in the early '70s. In reconjuring the zeitgeists of these mythic decades, the insights of the most influential critics, including Walter Benjamin, Susan Sontag, Joan Didion, Tom Wolfe, and many others, are placed side by side with those of \"gay writers\" like Edmund White (\u003ci\u003eCity Boy\u003c\/i\u003e), Larry Kramer (\u003ci\u003eFaggots\u003c\/i\u003e), Andrew Holleran (\u003ci\u003eDancer from the Dance\u003c\/i\u003e), and Armistead Maupin (\u003ci\u003eTales of the City).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Guernica Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781778490323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200","brand":"Jay Quint","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52435604406453,"sku":"9781778490323","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1e070b43-8c0c-4323-bcb1-3a81fe9de888.jpg?v=1776227418","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/village-dreams-9781778490323","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}