Gay Life Stories [electronic resource]
Aldrich, Robert2013
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A fascinating portrait of gay men and women throughout time and across the globe whose lives have influenced society at large, as well as what we recognize as todays varied gay culture. This beautifully illustrated book gives a voice to more than 80 people from every major continent and from all walks of life. It includes poets and philosophers, rulers and spies, activists and artists. Alongside such celebrated figures as Michelangelo, Frederick the Great and Harvey Milk are lesser-known but no less surprising individuals: the Chinese emperor Ai, whose passion flourished in the 1st century BC; the unfortunate Robert de Péronne, first to be burned at the stake for sodomy; Katharine Philips, writing proto-lesbian poetry in 17th-century England; and Aimée and Jaguar, whose love defied the death camps of wartime Germany. With many striking illustrations including paintings, drawings, photographs and archival documents Gay Life Stories will give pause for thought, entertain and celebrate the diversity of human histories.
Main title:
Gay Life Stories [electronic resource] / Robert Aldrich
Author:
Aldrich, Robert, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2013
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
System details:
Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Robert Aldrich is Professor of European History at the University of Sydney. He is the author of The Seduction of the Mediterranean and Colonialism and Homosexuality, and has edited Gay Life and Culture: A World History and The Age of Empires, both published by Thames & Hudson.
ISBN:
9780500771303
Language:
English
BRN:
2907624
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