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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454246903321

Autore

Tamagne Florence

Titolo

A history of homosexuality in Europe [[electronic resource]] . Volume I & II : Berlin, London, Paris 1919-1939 / / Florence Tamagne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Algora Pub., 2006

ISBN

0-87586-357-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (490 p.)

Disciplina

306.76/6/0940904

Soggetti

Homosexuality - Europe - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Originally published as Histoire de l'homosexualité, Éditions Seuil, 2000."--t.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A brief apogee : the 1920s, a first homosexual liberation the homosexual - between dandy and military -- pt. 2. Unacknowledged fears and desires : ambiguous speech and stereotyped images homosexuals become commonplace during the inter-war period -- pt. 3. A factitious tolerance : losing ground under the repression of the 1930s.

Sommario/riassunto

Just crawling out from under the Victorian blanket, Europe was devastated by a gruesome war that consumed the flower of its youth. Tamagne examines the currents of nostalgia and yearning, euphoria, rebellion, and exploration in the post-war era, and the...