Writing queer history / Matt Cook.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cook, Matt, author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

Writing history.

Writing history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sexual minorities--History.

Sexual minorities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 pages).

Edition:

1st edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2026.

Summary:

Writing Queer History introduces and surveys the ways in which historians and others have researched and written about the lesbian, gay and queer past. It pinpoints some of the key themes, issues and questions they have sought to address, looks at the kinds of sources they have used and suggests ways in which queer theory since the early 1990s has shifted approaches and perspectives for historians. Section One gives an overview of uses and accounts of the queer past from the late 19th century to the present. Section Two explores key questions and themes that have exercised historians by focusing on key texts ranging from the Medieval to the contemporary. Section Three focuses in further on different kinds of source material, examining specific archives to demonstrate how we might understand the past through particular documents, artifacts, voices and images. Finally, the author describes how his work has been shaped by his own biography, changing academic fashion, new theoretical perspectives and the particularities of archive collections. The book shows how histories of queer life have implications for the broader understanding of culture, society and politics, as well as demonstrating how queer history writing has been influenced and shaped by activist and community groups and by scholars working in and across different disciplines. Rich in case studies and including practical guidance on approaching queer history, Writing Queer History is an invaluable text for those studying the history of sexuality, gender history, the history of the emotions and historiography.

Contents:

1. Introduction: What is Queer History?

Section I. Histories

1.From Sexologists to Sociologists

2.Activism and Community Histories: From the GLF to LGBT History Month

3.Theorists: From Foucault Forward

4.Into the Academy

Section II. Approaches

5.Dealing with Labels and Anachronism

6.Explaining Change over Time

7.Researching Intimate Lives: Subjectivity, Desire and Emotion

8.Analysing Space

9.Thinking through National and Inter-national Frameworks

10.Looking through (non) 'Western' Eyes

11.Exploring Intersections and Multiple Identifications

12.Finding the Queer Past through the Queer Arts

13.Becoming Reflexive

14.Writing the Recent Past

15.Broadening Audiences: Community and Public History

Section III. Archives and Sources

16.Diaries, Memoirs and Letters

17.Places and Things

18.The Law and the Press

19.Sexology and Medicine

20.'Public' Opinion

21.Fliers, Minutes and Ephemera

22.Art, Photography and the Moving Image

23.Literature and Autobiography

24.Oral History

25.The Internet

Conclusion: Self Reflections

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-4742-4755-5

OCLC:

1520505795