Queer sites : gay urban histories since 1600 / edited by David Higgs.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Higgs, David, 1939-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay men--History.

Gay men.

Gay men--Social life and customs.

City and town life--History.

City and town life.

Public spaces--History.

Public spaces.

Urban parks--History.

Urban parks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There are areas which can be described as gay space in that they have many lesbians and gays in the population. Queerspace: A History of Urban Sexuality, edited by David Higgs, offers a history of gay space in the major cities form the early modern period to the present. The book focuses on the changing nature of queer experience in London, Amsterdam, Rio de Janiero, San Francisco, Paris, Lisbon and Moscow. This book provides an interdisciplinary analysis of extensive source material, including diaries, poems, legal accounts and journalism. By concentrating the importance of the c

Contents:

Preliminaries; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Introduction; 1 Paris; 2 Moscow; 3 Amsterdam; 4 London; 5 Lisbon; 6 Rio de Janeiro; 7 San Francisco; Some suggestions for further reading; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [194]-208) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-72467-5

0-203-17129-2

1-134-72468-3

1-280-33249-2

0-203-02874-0

9780203028742

OCLC:

560057292