Gay Life And Culture (Hardback) /anglais - Hardcover

ALDRICH ROBERT

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0500251304 ISBN 13: 9780500251300

Publisher: THAMES HUDSON, 2006

Synopsis

In the years since Stonewall, the world has witnessed an outpouring of research, critical inquiry, and re-interpretation of gay life and culture. This book draws on groundbreaking new material to present a comprehensive survey of all things gay, stretching back to ancient Sumeria and ranging to the present day. Critically acclaimed historian Robert Aldrich and ten leading scholars juxtapose thought-provoking essays with an extensive selection of images, many never before seen. This masterful combination reveals the story behind gay culture from the industrialized world to the remotest corners of tribal New Guinea. Among the contributors are noted names in GLBT studies such as Brett Beemyn (author of Bisexuality in the Lives of Men), Charles Hupperts (expert on classical antiquity at the University of Amsterdam), Helmut Puff (University of Michigan expert on the medieval world), and Florence Temagne (author of A History of Homosexuality in Europe). The book covers such topics as the Old Testament relationship between Jonathan and David, the Age of Confucius, Native American berdaches, Polynesian mahus, Berlin in the '20s, Stonewall and the disco-flavored hedonism that followed, and the advent of AIDS, Act Up, and Angels in America. This book is an important contribution to understanding what makes gay life and culture universal throughout human culture and across time.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert Aldrich is professor of history at the University of Sydney. He is the author of numerous books including The Seduction of the Mediterranean: Writing, Art and Homosexual Fantasy and Colonialism and Homosexuality.

Review:

"This lushly illustrated encyclopedia of gay life, culture, and the visual arts is a welcome addition to the ever-popular publishing phenomenon of general art history books..." "This volume should be commended for including a significant number of pages on AIDS and is invaluable to both the lay reader and well as the academic historian." -- Dec06 ART & UNDERSTANDING MAGAZINE

"...a sweeping narrative, but also inlcudes many of the nuances and complexities that the subject needs." "...it is both a scholarly and lusciously presented popular work..." "...this book is indeed an important one." -- 10/28/06 FINANCIAL TIMES

"...meticulously annotated...without a dull page in the lot." -- 10/19/06 ECHO MAGAZINE

"Editor Robert Alrich's tome reports on queer love from 1700 B.C. to today, with gorgeous (and rare) illustrations." -- Nov06 TIME OUT NEW YORK

"Gay Life and Culture deserves to read and should have a place on every bookshelf." 3/4 page with two photos -- Dec06 METROSOURCE NY

About this edition

• Publisher: THAMES HUDSON
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0500251304
• ISBN 13: 9780500251300
• Binding: Hardcover