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Amsterdam : a queer history / Monique Doppert.
Van Pelt Library HQ76.3.N42 A43613 2026
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Doppert, Monique, Author.
- Standardized Title:
- Amsterdam, de roze geschiedenis. English http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/0ca4314e-f060-8c68-e8f2-3bb89db0aa04
- Language:
- Dutch
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Homosexuality--Netherlands--Amsterdam--History.
- Homosexuality.
- Sexual minorities--Netherlands--Amsterdam--History.
- Sexual minorities.
- LGBTQ+ people.
- Physical Description:
- 262 pages, xvi pages of plates illustrations (some color), facsimiles 22 cm
- illustrations.
- facsimiles.
- plates.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : Boom, [2026]
- Language Note:
- English, translated from the Dutch.
- Summary:
- Amsterdam has a worldwide reputation as a symbol of tolerance and freedom. In the nineties, Amsterdam was even known as the Gay Capital of the World, but that reputation was not earned without a struggle.Amsterdam, a Queer History tells the story of homosexual men and women in the Dutch capital, from clandestine homosexual practices in bars and backstreets at the start of the twentieth century, through the initial stages of gay emancipation, to the flourishing and provocative subculture of the seventies onwards and the legalization of same-sex marriage in 2001. Monique Doppert puts all these developments in a clear historical context, focusing on areas where Amsterdam's rainbow community is most visible: culture, activism, emancipation and the nightlife scene. This lets her show how the city and its queer community have molded and remolded each other over time.
- Contents:
- Before 1900 : the birth of the homosexual
- 1900-1940 : secret homosexual lives
- 1940-1945 : resistance and betrayal
- 1945-1960 : The municipality guards the hetero norm
- 1960-1970 : emerging from the closet
- 1970-1980 : roayl approval and making waves
- 1980-1990 : "gay plague" haunts the city
- 1990-2000 : partying against the odds
- 2000-2010 : homosecual completely normal
- 2010-2022 : wide recognition but fragmentation too.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-257) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789024469215
- 902446921X
- OCLC:
- 1593463523
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