1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777786703321

Autore

Winter J. M

Titolo

Dreams of peace and freedom : utopian moments in the twentieth century / / Jay Winter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven : , : Yale University Press, , 2006

©2006

ISBN

1-281-74094-2

9786611740948

0-300-12751-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 261 pages)

Disciplina

335/.020904

Soggetti

Utopias - History - 20th century

Utopian socialism - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-249) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1900: The face of humanity and visions of peace -- 1919: Perpetual war/perpetual peace -- 1937: Illuminations -- 1948: Human rights -- 1968: Liberation -- 1992: Global citizenship -- Epilogue: An alternative history of the twentieth century.

Sommario/riassunto

In the wake of the monstrous projects of Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and others in the twentieth century, the idea of utopia has been discredited. Yet, historian Jay Winter suggests, alongside the "major utopians" who murdered millions in their attempts to transform the world were disparate groups of people trying in their own separate ways to imagine a radically better world. This original book focuses on some of the twentieth-century's "minor utopias" whose stories, overshadowed by the horrors of the Holocaust and the Gulag, suggest that the future need not be as catastrophic as the past.The book is organized around six key moments when utopian ideas and projects flourished in Europe: 1900 (the Paris World's Fair), 1919 (the Paris Peace Conference), 1937 (the Paris exhibition celebrating science and light), 1948 (the Universal Declaration of Human Rights), 1968 (moral indictments and student revolt), and 1992 (the emergence of visions of global citizenship). Winter considers the dreamers and the nature of their dreams as well



as their connections to one another and to the history of utopian thought. By restoring minor utopias to their rightful place in the recent past, Winter fills an important gap in the history of social thought and action in the twentieth century.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910959910203321

Autore

Underwood Steven G (Steven Gregory), <1958->

Titolo

Gay men and anal eroticism : tops, bottoms, and versatiles / / Steven G. Underwood

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Harrington Park Press, c2003

New York : , : Harrington Park Press, , 2003

ISBN

0-203-05721-X

1-283-83890-7

1-136-57152-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Disciplina

306.77/3

Soggetti

Gay men - Sexual behavior

Anal sex

Anus (Psychology)

Dominance (Psychology)

Gay men - Identity

Gay men - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Gay Men and Anal Eroticism Tops, Bottoms, and Versatiles; Copyright; About the Author; Contents; Introduction: Is It a Natural Thing?; I: Bottoms; 1. Aaron: Labels Exist for a Reason; 2. Andy: Bottoms Get No Respect; 3. Sam: The Darkness That Looms Inside; 4. Kevin: A Certain Honesty; 5. Lito: It's a Natural Thing; II: Tops; 6. Danny: Giving and Receiving; 7. Max: "The Bottom Has to Work with You"; 8. Mark: Control and Stereotypes; 9. Jay: An Assertive Personality; III: Versatiles; 10. Jackson: "I Enjoy Both"; 11. Randy: "Boston Is a Very Bottom Town"

12. Peter: "A Hard Dick Has No Conscience"13. Bruce: Too Much Alone;



14. Eddie: "We're Being Held Prisoners for Fucking"; 15. Tom: Control and Volition; 16. Cole Tucker: A Man's Soul; 17. James: The Female Position; 18. Richard: To Know Who You Are; 19. John: "People Want Me to Fuck Them Like Crazy"; IV: Couples; 20. Clayton and Leonard: More Versatile; 21. Payne and Stanley: An Equal Sense of Power

Sommario/riassunto

Gay men reveal their preference?and the reasons behind it! Gay Men and Anal Eroticism: Tops, Bottoms, and Versatiles is a no-holds-barred examination of one of society's most persistent taboos. In a remarkably candid collection of frank and forthright interviews, 21 gay men talk about the role anal sex plays in their lives and relationships and their choices to act as insertive (?top?) or receptive (?bottom?) partners?or both (?versatile?). Ranging in age from 21 to 65, the men discuss the reasons behind (and consequences of) their choices; how they define their sexual roles (and how t