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Taboo
Boyer Rickel
An impressionistic memoir offers images of a life in progress, including scenes from Boyer Rickel’s rural Tempe, Arizona, childhood in the 1950s; his relationship with a physically shrinking father; his eccentric teenage friendships; his growing awareness of his sexuality among young, Hispanic gays; and a trip through Italy with his lover. A personal book, but also wholly universal, Taboo investigates the way one breaks through taboos and becomes a self-realized adult.
This open-access version is made available with the support of Big Ten Academic Alliance member libraries.
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Published: 1999
Publisher: The University of Wisconsin Press
- 978-0-29916-269-6 (ebook)
- 978-0-29916-260-3 (hardcover)