Some Men In London: Queer Life, 1945-1959

Name: Some Men In London: Queer Life, 1945-1959
Brand: Penguin Classics
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Hardcover
9780241370605
30 mei 2024
464 pagina's

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Quite simply, this book is a work of genius - Matthew Parris, The Spectator

An absolutely extraordinary book … a huge collage and anthology of diaries, letters, memoirs, newspaper reports, trial documents, all of this, about actually what life was like for homosexual men in London in the 1940s and the 1950s… It’s amazing, because the collage effect gives you a sense of the extreme complexity of this picture - Dominic Sandbrook

An intriguing collage of the era’s mood - Robbie Millen, The Times

The first part of a major new anthology which uncovers the rich reality of life for queer men in London

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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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 30 mei 2024
Aantal pagina's: 464

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Hoofdredacteur: Peter Parker
Hoofduitgeverij: Penguin Classics

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Product breedte: 162 mm
Product hoogte: 40 mm
Product lengte: 240 mm
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Verpakking hoogte: 40 mm
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