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Buch (Hardcover): Belletristik
Some Men In London: Queer Life, 1945-1959
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Penguin Random House Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: G7QQPV4
EAN: 9780241370605
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Beschreibung
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.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Peter Parker
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2024
Format
- Buch (Hardcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 464