{"product_id":"2940152027471","title":"Gay's the Word: Being a Brief History of the Secret Language of Homosexuality","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Gay\" is the word in most common usage to identify a homosexual male. But since the 1700s, and even earlier, there have been many other words and phrases in use -- the majority of them derogatory. Gay's the Word is a carefully researched, informative and entertaining history of the \"gay\" language. It explains why a homosexual male is gay, why an effeminate gay male is a queen, and how gay men became gay rather than queer. A once-lost and early gay language is here brought back from obscurity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnthony Slide is widely known and highly regarded as a film history, the author of more than seventy books and editor of a further 150. But he has also written two gay-oriented reference volumes: Gay and Lesbian Themes and Characters in Mystery Novels (McFarland, 1993) and Lost Gay Novels (Haworth Press, 2003). He has always professed a serious interest in gay history, particularly from a literary perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47149687668976,"sku":"2940152027471","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940152027471_p0.jpg?v=1764020450","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940152027471","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}