Following World War I, cultural critics in France worked to rehabilitate what was perceived as an unhealthy social body. This study shows how these critics attempted to reconstruct the "bodily integrity" of the nation by pointing to the dangers of homosexuality and pornography.
This text examines 'Brokeback Mountain' in relationship to the genres of the western and melodrama.
Upon its release in 2005, Brokeback Mountain became a major cultural event and a milestone in independent American filmmaking. Based on the short story by Annie Proulx and directed by Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain situated a love story between two closeted cowboys at the heart of …
Studie van homosexualiteit door de geschiedenis heen vanuit een constructivistisch standpunt en met behulp van veel historische en multi-culturele bronnen. Gaat in op de debatten die binnen homostudies spelen.
"This sociological history seeks to understand societal response to homosexuality. Part 1 is a primarily anthropological exploration of homosexuality from earliest history through feudalism; part 2 recounts the construction of a modern conception of homosexuality, including its …
This is a cross-cultural and transhistorical account of the social organization of homosexuality, the ways it is perceived by society and responded to. "This sociological history seeks to understand societal response to homosexuality. Part 1 is a primarily anthropological explo…
Each chapter pairs an oral history excerpt with an original essay in which the authors address their methods and practices. They examine the role memory, desire, sexuality and gender play in documenting LGBTQ communities and cultures. The historical themes addressed, include: le…
This book provides a coherent history of criminal law and homosexuality in Scandinavia 1842-1999, a period during which same-sex love was outlawed or subject to more or less severe legal restrictions in the Scandinavian penal codes. This was the case in most countries in Norther…
This book provides a coherent history of criminal law and homosexuality in Scandinavia 1842-1999, a period during which same-sex love was outlawed or subject to more or less severe legal restrictions in the Scandinavian penal codes. This was the case in most countries in Norther…
This book provides a coherent history of criminal law and homosexuality in Scandinavia 1842-1999, a period during which same-sex love was outlawed or subject to more or less severe legal restrictions in the Scandinavian penal codes. This was the case in most countries in Norther…
The author explores the intimate relationships that contributed to Walt Whitman's imagination of masculinity in crisis. She maintains that in representing himself as a characteristic nineteenth-century American and in proposing to heal national ills, the poet was trying to tempe…
