Gay life and culture : a world history / Robert, Aldrich

Secondary Author: Aldrich, Robert, 1954-...., Éditeur scientifiqueLanguage: anglais.Country: Grande-Bretagne.Publication: London : Thames & Hudson, cop. 2006Description: 1 vol. (384 p.) : ill. ; 27 cmISBN: 0500251304; 9780500251300.Abstract: For thousands of years and all over the world, men and women have felt a desire for emotional and physical intimacy with those of their own sex. Their story, for many years forgotten, erased, ignored or rewritten, has in recent years become the focus of an extraordinary outpouring of research. Completely new avenues of inquiry have opened up and old assumptions have been challenged. Gay Life and Culture: A World History draws upon these findings to present a lively and thought-provoking account of what, until recently, could have been termed a 'secret history'. In this extraordinarily wide-ranging book, historians from nine different countries consider the evidence for same-sex relationships throughout the centuries, charting shifting attitudes towards homosexuality and the gradual emergence of a concept of self-identity. Beginning with ancient Greece and Rome, and continuing right up to the present ay with its issues of gay rights, AIDS and civil partnerships, this book also considers other, non-Western cultures, revealing the huge variety of same-sex relationships through history and across the globe. From homoerotic Persian poetry to tales of cross-dressing women in 18th-century Italy, from the wild, hedonistic delights of between-the-wars Berlin to concepts of a third gender in Asia and Native North America - al are discussed and recounted from memories, letters, archives, and works of art and literature. The legacy left by these men and women has influenced contemporary attitudes towards sexuality and still affects the way many live their lives. Gay Life and Culture: A World History is the only book to provide a complete overview of the long history out of which today's rich and varied gay culture has emerged. With 253 illustrations, 127 in color. _____________________________ Pendant des millénaires et partout dans le monde, les hommes et les femmes ont ressenti le désire d'une intimité émotionnelle et physique avec des personnes du même sexe. Leur histoire, qui a longtemps été oubliée, effacée, ignorée ou re-écrite, est récemment devenue le focus d'un nombre extraordinaire de recherches. Décidément, des nouvelles voies d'enquête ont été ouvertes et les théories précédentes ont été remises en discussion. Gay Life and Culture: A World History a recours à ces éléments pour présenter un récit vivant et questionnant concernant ce que, jusqu'à présent, aurait pu être appelée une 'histoire secrète'. (...) .Bibliography: Bibliogr. p. 364-377. Index.Subject - Topical Name: Homosexuels -- Moeurs et coutumes -- Histoire | Gays -- Social life and customs -- History | Lesbians -- Social life and customs -- History | Homosexuality -- History Subject: international | histoire | répresentations
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Bibliogr. p. 364-377. Index

For thousands of years and all over the world, men and women have felt a desire for emotional and physical intimacy with those of their own sex. Their story, for many years forgotten, erased, ignored or rewritten, has in recent years become the focus of an extraordinary outpouring of research. Completely new avenues of inquiry have opened up and old assumptions have been challenged. Gay Life and Culture: A World History draws upon these findings to present a lively and thought-provoking account of what, until recently, could have been termed a 'secret history'.

In this extraordinarily wide-ranging book, historians from nine different countries consider the evidence for same-sex relationships throughout the centuries, charting shifting attitudes towards homosexuality and the gradual emergence of a concept of self-identity. Beginning with ancient Greece and Rome, and continuing right up to the present ay with its issues of gay rights, AIDS and civil partnerships, this book also considers other, non-Western cultures, revealing the huge variety of same-sex relationships through history and across the globe. From homoerotic Persian poetry to tales of cross-dressing women in 18th-century Italy, from the wild, hedonistic delights of between-the-wars Berlin to concepts of a third gender in Asia and Native North America - al are discussed and recounted from memories, letters, archives, and works of art and literature.

The legacy left by these men and women has influenced contemporary attitudes towards sexuality and still affects the way many live their lives. Gay Life and Culture: A World History is the only book to provide a complete overview of the long history out of which today's rich and varied gay culture has emerged.

With 253 illustrations, 127 in color.

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Pendant des millénaires et partout dans le monde, les hommes et les femmes ont ressenti le désire d'une intimité émotionnelle et physique avec des personnes du même sexe. Leur histoire, qui a longtemps été oubliée, effacée, ignorée ou re-écrite, est récemment devenue le focus d'un nombre extraordinaire de recherches. Décidément, des nouvelles voies d'enquête ont été ouvertes et les théories précédentes ont été remises en discussion. Gay Life and Culture: A World History a recours à ces éléments pour présenter un récit vivant et questionnant concernant ce que, jusqu'à présent, aurait pu être appelée une 'histoire secrète'.

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