The Gay Past
A Collection of Historical Essays
1. Auflage
Erschienen am 27. August 2013
240 Seiten
978-1-134-73593-8 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
Fascinating reading on the plight of gay men and women through the ages. The contributors to this compassionate book document how society has made life difficult and even dangerous for homosexual people. Through narrative history as well as biography, these essays trace the legal, social, and physical consequences of this oppression.
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Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
London
Großbritannien
Verlagsgruppe
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Dateigröße
11,73 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-134-73593-8 (9781134735938)
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Personen
Salvatore Licata, Robert P Petersen
Inhalt
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
The Myth of Lesbian Impunity: Capital Laws From 1270 to 1791
A Lesbian Execution in Germany, 1721: The Trial Records
Sodomy and Heresy in Early Modern Switzerland
Conceptions of Homosexuality and Sodomy in Western Europe
Ho Hum, Another Work of the Devil: Buggery and Sodomy in Early Stuart England
Defining Sodomy in Seventeenth-Century Massachusetts
"Writhing Bedfellows": 1826--Two Young Men From Antebellum South Carolina's Ruling Elite Share "Extravagant Delight"
The "Third Sex" Theory of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs
Inverts, Perverts, and Mary-Annes: Male Prostitution and the Regulation of Homosexuality in England in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
"Stigmata of Degeneration": Prisoner Markings in Nazi Concentration Camps
The Pink Triangle: The Persecution of Homosexual Males in Concentration Camps in Nazi Germany
The Homosexual Rights Movement in the United States: A Traditionally Overlooked Area of American History
Homosexuality in History: An Annotated Bibliography
Index
Foreword
Introduction
The Myth of Lesbian Impunity: Capital Laws From 1270 to 1791
A Lesbian Execution in Germany, 1721: The Trial Records
Sodomy and Heresy in Early Modern Switzerland
Conceptions of Homosexuality and Sodomy in Western Europe
Ho Hum, Another Work of the Devil: Buggery and Sodomy in Early Stuart England
Defining Sodomy in Seventeenth-Century Massachusetts
"Writhing Bedfellows": 1826--Two Young Men From Antebellum South Carolina's Ruling Elite Share "Extravagant Delight"
The "Third Sex" Theory of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs
Inverts, Perverts, and Mary-Annes: Male Prostitution and the Regulation of Homosexuality in England in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
"Stigmata of Degeneration": Prisoner Markings in Nazi Concentration Camps
The Pink Triangle: The Persecution of Homosexual Males in Concentration Camps in Nazi Germany
The Homosexual Rights Movement in the United States: A Traditionally Overlooked Area of American History
Homosexuality in History: An Annotated Bibliography
Index
