ISBN:
9780415158978
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (224 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Queer Sites : Gay Urban Histories Since 1600
DDC:
305.38/96642
Keywords:
Cities and towns
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
There are areas which can be described as gay space in that they have many lesbians and gays in the population. Queerspace: A History of Urban Sexuality, edited by David Higgs, offers a history of gay space in the major cities form the early modern period to the present. The book focuses on the changing nature of queer experience in London, Amsterdam, Rio de Janiero, San Francisco, Paris, Lisbon and Moscow. This book provides an interdisciplinary analysis of extensive source material, including diaries, poems, legal accounts and journalism. By concentrating the importance of the c
Description / Table of Contents:
Preliminaries; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Introduction; 1 Paris; 2 Moscow; 3 Amsterdam; 4 London; 5 Lisbon; 6 Rio de Janeiro; 7 San Francisco; Some suggestions for further reading; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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