Joshua Gamson (born November 16, 1962) is an American scholar and author. A graduate of Swarthmore College and the University of California, Berkeley, [1] he served on the faculty of Yale University [2] before becoming a professor of sociology at the University of San Francisco. His work has appeared in The Nation, The American Prospect, Newsday, Gender & Society, the Journal of the History of Sexuality, and Sociological Inquiry. [1] He is the son of sociologists William and Zelda F. Gamson. [3]
Gamson received the 2006 Stonewall Book Award for nonfiction for The Fabulous Sylvester, [4] his biography of disco singer and activist Sylvester, which was also shortlisted for the 2005 Lambda Literary Awards. [5] In a mostly positive review for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau lamented the gaps in Gamson's knowledge of music history, but praised his "details and insights" into Sylvester's life. [6] Kirkus Reviews called the book "worshipful, occasionally overenthusiastic, yet engaging and sometimes surprisingly insightful." [7]
He was a 2009 Guggenheim Fellow [8] and received a Placek Award from the American Psychological Association in 1995. [9]
Bibliography
- Claims to Fame: Celebrity in Contemporary America (1994)
- Freaks Talk Back: Tabloid Talk Shows and Sexual Nonconformity (1998)
- The Fabulous Sylvester: The Legend, The Music, The Seventies in San Francisco (2005)
- Modern Families: Stories of Extraordinary Journeys to Kinship (2015)
References
- ^ a b "Joshua Gamson: Profile". College of Arts and Sciences, University of San Francisco. 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-04-03. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
- ^ Ochs, Robyn (1999). "Freaks Talk Back: Tabloid Talk Shows and Sexual Nonconformity (review)". Anything That Moves. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
- ^ Gamson, Joshua (Summer 2013). "Keeping it in the family". Contexts. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
- ^ Staff report (May 11, 2006). "2006 Stonewall Book Award winners announced". The Bay Area Reporter. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
- ^ Gonzalez Cerna, Antonio (April 9, 2005). "18th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary Foundation. Archived from the original on December 11, 2013. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
- ^ "Robert Christgau: Disco Heat". www.robertchristgau.com.
- ^ "THE FABULOUS SYLVESTER | Kirkus Reviews" – via www.kirkusreviews.com.
- ^ Carpenter, Edward (May 27, 2009). "USF Sociologist Wins Guggenheim". USF Newsroom. Archived from the original on October 3, 2013. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
- ^ "Recipients of the Wayne F. Placek Award". Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis. 2014. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
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