Peter Braunstein
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He contributed to and co-edited ''[[Imagine Nation: The American Counterculture of the 1960s & '70s]]'' with [[Michael William Doyle]] | He contributed to and co-edited ''[[Imagine Nation: The American Counterculture of the 1960s & '70s]]'' with [[Michael William Doyle]] | ||
- | His 1998 article "[[The Last Days of Gay Disco]]"[http://www.villagevoice.com/1998-06-30/news/the-last-days-of-gay-disco/1] was well-received when it was published in 1998. It came out as a reaction to two films: ''[[The Last Days of Disco]]'' and ''[[54]]''. | + | His 1998 article "[[The Last Days of Gay Disco]]"[http://www.villagevoice.com/1998-06-30/news/the-last-days-of-gay-disco/1] was well-received when it was published in 1998. It came out at the occasion of the release of two films: ''[[The Last Days of Disco]]'' and ''[[54 (film) |54]]''. |
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Peter Braunstein (born 1964) is a New York City-based journalist, writer, and playwright who became infamous for committing a October 31 2005 sexual assault, leading police on a multi-state manhunt until his capture and self-injury in Memphis, Tennessee on December 16 2005.
Popular culture history
Braunstein was also an academically trained popular culture historian, who contributed to W magazine, Village Voice, American Heritage[1], writing mostly about the history and culture of popular music.
He contributed to and co-edited Imagine Nation: The American Counterculture of the 1960s & '70s with Michael William Doyle
His 1998 article "The Last Days of Gay Disco"[2] was well-received when it was published in 1998. It came out at the occasion of the release of two films: The Last Days of Disco and 54.