Abstract
The “redneck Riviera” is the portion of the Florida panhandle that was part of targeted tourism advertising after World War II to attract beach tourism to small cities along the coast such as Pensacola and Panama City. In this descriptive and compelling history, Jerry T. Watkins III illustrates the complexities of gay life and tourism in the Florida panhandle. Throughout the book, Watkins interweaves the growing visibility of postwar gay life with the attendant moral panics and police regulations of public gay life, along with campaigns to increase “family-friendly” tourism. Queering the Redneck Riviera also fits within a growing tradition of studying how regions or cities become gay-friendly or attractive to gay tourists. Similar to work on Fire Island and Key West, this work illustrates how the redneck Riviera turned into the “gay Riviera” for southern gay men and lesbians. Particularly notable is Watkins's chapter on the Emma Jones Society,...
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