{"product_id":"village-dreams-paperback","title":"Village Dreams - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJay Quint\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJay Quint is a writer from Montreal. The choice to work outside the academic environments left him intellectually homeless, yet free to explore. He travelled for long stretches of time, usually calling on Paris first. He's published articles in \u003ci\u003e2B, Être, Winq, Mate\u003c\/i\u003e magazines, and now writes (creative) cultural criticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 7.96 x 4.97 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48422209290489,"sku":"9781778490323","price":20.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ns7TIkbvV39781778490323.webp?v=1779263562","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/village-dreams-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}