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  • 1
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    Online Resource
    Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
    ISBN: 9780415742368
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (249 p)
    Series Statement: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
    Parallel Title: Print version Cultural Encounters and Homoeroticism in Sri Lanka : Sex and Serendipity
    DDC: 306.766095493
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: Ceylon, or Sri Lanka, was long known to travellers for its luxuriant landscapes, colourful temples and friendly inhabitants - the island once named Serendip. This book explores the sojourns of gay visitors from the late 1800s to the modern day, providing a history of homosexuality, travel and cultural encounter on the island.The book offers profiles of major figures in Sri Lankan culture and of homosexual visitors, both famous and infamous, to the island. It discusses the experiences of sojourners including the Victorian social reformer Edward Carpenter and the German naturalist Ernst Haeckel
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; Preface; Introduction; 1 Homoeroticism and colonial visitors in the Victorian age; 2 Spirituality, sex and scandals in turn-of-the-century Ceylon; 3 The Count de Mauny and the Gardens of Taprobane; 4 Modern art and the homoerotic photographs of Lionel Wendt; 5 Bevis and Geoffrey Bawa, Donald Friend and their friends; 6 Sojourners and the seduction of Ceylon; 7 Painting men: three views; 8 Gay Lanka?; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
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  • 2
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    Online Resource
    Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
    ISBN: 9780415285957
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (790 p)
    Edition: 2nd ed
    Series Statement: Routledge Classics
    Parallel Title: Print version Complete Fairy Tales
    DDC: 398.20943
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: The tale of 'Cinderella' is told wherever stories are still read aloud and everyone is familiar with 'Rapunzel' and 'The Golden Goose', but who has heard all the wonderful stories collected by the Brothers Grimm? Well, here's your chance, for within these covers you will find every one of their 210 tales, in all their enchantment and rapture, terror and wisdom, tragedy and beauty
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Complete Fairy Tales; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION BY PADRAIC COLUM; THE FAIRY TALES; 1 The Frog-King, or Iron Henry; 2 Cat and Mouse in Partnership; 3 Our Lady's Child; 4 The Story of the Youth who went forth to learn what Fear was; 5 The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids; 6 Faithful John; 7 The Good Bargain; 8 The Strange Musician; 9 The Twelve Brothers; 10 The Pack of Ragamuffins; 11 Brother and Sister; 12 Rapunzel; 13 The Three Little Men in the Wood; 14 The Three Spinners; 15 Hänsel and Gretel; 16 The Three Snake-Leaves; 17 The White Snake
    Description / Table of Contents: 18 The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean19 The Fisherman and His Wife; 20 The Valiant Little Tailor; 21 Cinderella; 22 The Riddle; 23 The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage; 24 Mother Holle; 25 The Seven Ravens; 26 Little Red-Cap; 27 The Bremen Town-Musicians; 28 The Singing Bone; 29 The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs; 30 The Louse and the Flea; 31 The Girl Without Hands; 32 Clever Hans; 33 The Three Languages; 34 Clever Elsie; 35 The Tailor in Heaven; 36 The Wishing-Table, the Gold-Ass, and the Cudgel in the Sack; 37 Thumbling; 38 The Wedding of Mrs. Fox; 39 The Elves; 40 The Robber Bridegroom
    Description / Table of Contents: 41 Herr Korbes42 The Godfather; 43 Frau Trude; 44 Godfather Death; 45 Thumbling's Travels; 46 Fitcher's Bird; 47 The Juniper Tree; 48 Old Sultan; 49 The Six Swans; 50 Little Briar Rose; 51 Fundevogel; 52 King Thrushbeard; 53 Little Snow White; 54 The Knapsack, the Hat, and the Horn; 55 Rumpelstiltskin; 56 Sweetheart Roland; 57 The Golden Bird; 58 The Dog and the Sparrow; 59 Frederick and Catherine; 60 The Two Brothers; 61 The Little Peasant; 62 The Queen Bee; 63 The Three Feathers; 64 The Golden Goose; 65 Allerleirauh; 66 The Hare's Bride; 67 The Twelve Huntsmen; 68 The Thief and his Master
    Description / Table of Contents: 69 Jorinda and Joringel70 The Three Sons of Fortune; 71 How Six Men got on in the World; 72 The Wolf and the Man; 73 The Wolf and the Fox; 74 Gossip Wolf and the Fox; 75 The Fox and the Cat; 76 The Pink; 77 Clever Gretel; 78 The Old Man and his Grandson; 79 The Water-Nixie; 80 The Death of the Little Hen; 81 Brother Lustig; 82 Gambling Hansel; 83 Hans in Luck; 84 Hans Married; 85 The Gold-Children; 86 The Fox and the Geese; 87 The Poor Man and the Rich Man; 88 The Singing, Soaring Lark; 89 The Goose-Girl; 90 The Young Giant; 91 The Gnome; 92 The King of the Golden Mountain; 93 The Raven
    Description / Table of Contents: 94 The Peasant's Wise Daughter95 Old Hildebrand; 96 The Three Little Birds; 97 The Water of Life; 98 Doctor Knowall; 99 The Spirit in the Bottle; 100 The Devil's Sooty Brother; 101 Bearskin; 102 The Willow-Wren and the Bear; 103 Sweet Porridge; 104 Wise Folks; 105 Tales of the Paddock; 106 The Poor Miller's Boy and the Cat; 106 The Two Travellers; 108 Hans the Hedgehog; 109 The Shroud; 110 The Jew Among Thorns; 111 The Skilful Huntsman; 112 The Flail from Heaven; 113 The Two Kings' Children; 114 The Cunning Little Tailor; 115 The Bright Sun Brings it to Light; 116 The Blue Light
    Description / Table of Contents: 117 The Wilful Child
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  • 3
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    Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
    ISBN: 9780415196154
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (449 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Print version Colonialism and Homosexuality
    DDC: 306.766
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: Examining case studies, each a micro history of a particular colonial situation and a sexual encounter, this is a thorough investigation of the connections of homosexuality and imperialism from the late 1800s until the era of decolonization
    Description / Table of Contents: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Maps; Introduction: The seduction of the colonies; Prologue: The art of colonial homosexual love; Part I: Colonials and homosexuality; 1 The sex life of explorers; 2 Captains of empire; 3 The company of men; 4 Writers' lives and letters; 5 Artists and homoerotic 'Orientalism'; 6 Scandals and tragedies; Part II: Sites of colonial homosexuality; 7 Sex in settler societies: The case of Australia; 8 Sex in the South Seas: Melanesia; 9 The British (and others) in South Asia; 10 Forster, Masood, Mohammed and the maharajah
    Description / Table of Contents: 11 The French in North AfricaPart III: The end of empire; 12 Anti-colonialism and homosexuality; Epilogue: After the empire; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
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  • 4
    ISBN: 9780415159821
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (529 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History Vol.1 : From Antiquity to the Mid-Twentieth Century
    DDC: 305.90664
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: Over the course of some 500 entries, expert contributors provide a complete and vivid picture of gay and lesbian life in the Western world throughout the ages
    Description / Table of Contents: Who's Who IN GAY AND LESBIAN HISTORY From Antiquity to World War II; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History: from Antiquity to World War II; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
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  • 5
    ISBN: 9780415229746
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (481 p)
    Parallel Title: Print version Who's Who in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History Vol.2 : From World War II to the Present Day
    DDC: 305.90664
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: 〈I〉Who's Who in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day〈/I〉 is a comprehensive modern biographical survey of homosexuality in the Western world
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Who's Who in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Contributors; Acknowledgements; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
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  • 6
    ISBN: 9780203986752
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (529 Seiten)
    DDC: 305.90664
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: Over the course of some 500 entries, expert contributors provide a complete and vivid picture of gay and lesbian life in the Western world throughout the ages
    Description / Table of Contents: Who's Who IN GAY AND LESBIAN HISTORY From Antiquity to World War II; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History: from Antiquity to World War II; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
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