Gay Life and Culture A World History

Name: Gay Life and Culture A World History
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ISBN: 9780789315113

ISBN-10: 0789315114

ISBN-13: 9780789315113

Edition: 2006

Authors: Robert Aldrich

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In the years since Stonewall, the world has witnessed an outpouring of research, critical inquiry, and re-interpretation of gay life and culture. This book draws on groundbreaking new material to present a comprehensive survey of all things gay, stretching back to ancient Sumeria and ranging to the present day. Critically acclaimed historian Robert Aldrich and ten leading scholars juxtapose thought-provoking essays with an extensive selection of images, many never before seen. This masterful combination reveals the story behind gay culture from the industrialized world to the remotest corners of tribal New Guinea. Among the contributors are noted names in GLBT studies such as Brett Beemyn…

Book details

List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Universe Publishing
Publication date: 10/31/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 3.784
Language: English




Gay and lesbian history




Homosexuality in Greece and Rome




The Middle Ages




Early modern Europe, 1400-1700




Male homosexuality in the age of enlightenment and revolution, 1680-1850




Lesbians and their like in early modern Europe, 1500-1800




The Americas : from colonial times to the 20th century




The homosexual age, 1870-1940




Public spheres and gay politics since the Second World War




Loving women in the modern world




Discovering homosexuality : cross-cultural comparison and the history of sexuality




Homosexuality in the Middle East and North Africa




Desire and same-sex intimacies in Asia




The gay world : 1980 to the present