TY  - BOOK
AU  - Aldrich,Robert
TI  - Gay life and culture: a world history 
SN  - 0789315114
AV  - HQ76 .G329 2006
U1  - 306.76609 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Universe
KW  - Male homosexuality
KW  - History
KW  - Lesbianism
KW  - Gay men
KW  - Lesbians
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Gay men in art
KW  - Lesbians in art
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 364-377) and index; 1; Gay and lesbian history; Robert Aldrich --; 2; Homosexuality in Greece and Rome; Charles Hupperts --; 3. The; Middle Ages; Bernd-Ulrich Hergemöller --; 4; Early modern Europe, 1400-1700; Helmut Puff --; 5; Male homosexuality in the age of enlightenment and revolution, 1680-1850; Michael Sibalis --; 6; Lesbians and their like in early modern Europe, 1500-1800; Laura Gowing --; 7. The; Americas : from colonial times to the 20th century; Brett Genny Beemyn --; 8. The; homosexual age, 1870-1940; Florence Tamagne --; 9; Public spheres and gay politics since the second World War; Domenico Rizzo --; 10; Loving women in the modern world; Leila J. Rupp --; 11; Discovering homosexuality : cross-cultural comparison and the history of sexuality; Lee Wallace --; 12; Homosexuality in the Middle East and North Africa; Vincenzo Patanè --; 13; Desire and same-sex intimacies in Asia; Adrian Carton --; 14. The; gay world : 1980 to the present; Gert Hekma --; Notes and bibliographies --; Acknowledgments for illustrations --; Index
N2  - "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 (author of Bisexuality in the Lives of Men), Charles Hupperts (expert on classical antiquity at the University of Amsterdam), Helmut Puff (University of Michigan expert on the medieval world), and Florence Temagne (author of A History of Homosexuality in Europe). The book covers such topics as the Old Testament relationship between Jonathan and David, the Age of Confucius, Native American berdaches, Polynesian mahus, Berlin in the '20s, Stonewall and the disco-flavored hedonism that followed, and the advent of AIDS, Act Up, and Angels in America. This book is an important contribution to understanding what makes gay life and culture universal throughout human culture and across time."--Publisher description
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