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In the 1940s, it was believed that homosexuality had been becoming more widespread in the aftermath of war. A moral panic ensued, centred around London as the place to which gay men gravitated.
In a major new anthology, Peter Parker explores what it was actually like for queer men in London in this period, whether they were well-known figures such as John Gielgud, 'Chips' Channon and E.M. Forster, or living lives of quiet - or occasionally rowdy - anonymity in pubs, clubs, more public places of assignation, or at home. It is rich with letters, diaries, psychological textbooks, novels, films, plays and police records, covering a wide range of viewpoints, from those who deplored homosexuality to those who campaigned for its decriminalisation.
This first volume, from 1945 to 1959, details a community forced to live at constant risk of blackmail or prison. Yet it also shows a thriving and joyous subculture, one that enriched a mainstream culture often ignorant of its debt to gay creators. Some Men In London is a testament to queer life, which was always much more complex than newspapers, governments and the Metropolitan Police Force imagined.
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Titel: | Some Men In London- Queer Life, 1945-1959 |
Typ: | Bok |
Kategori: | Böcker/Historia & Arkeologi/Historia & Arkeologi |
Artikelnummer: | 799687 |
Lagerstatus: | Ej släppt ännu |
EAN: | 9780241370605 |
ISBN: | 0241370605 |
Språk: | Engelska |
Bandtyp: | Inbunden |
Mått(BxHxD): | 156x240x40 mm |
Omfång: | 600 sidor |
Vikt: | 750 gram |
Titel: | Some Men In London- Queer Life, 1945-1959 |
Förlag: | Penguin Books Ltd. |