1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784739403321

Autore

Aldrich Robert <1954, >

Titolo

Colonialism and homosexuality / / Robert Aldrich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-64459-0

1-134-64460-4

1-281-10080-3

9786611100803

0-203-93017-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (449 p.)

Disciplina

306.76/6

Soggetti

Homosexuality - Europe - Colonies - History

Gay men - Sexual behavior - Europe - Colonies

Interpersonal relations - Europe - Colonies

Gay men - Africa - Social conditions

Gay men - Asia - Social conditions

Africa Colonization

Asia Colonization

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 (p. [412]-426) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Maps; Introduction: The seduction of the colonies; Prologue: The art of colonial homosexual love; Part I: Colonials and homosexuality; 1 The sex life of explorers; 2 Captains of empire; 3 The company of men; 4 Writers' lives and letters; 5 Artists and homoerotic 'Orientalism'; 6 Scandals and tragedies; Part II: Sites of colonial homosexuality; 7 Sex in settler societies: The case of Australia; 8 Sex in the South Seas: Melanesia; 9 The British (and others) in South Asia; 10 Forster, Masood, Mohammed and the maharajah

11 The French in North AfricaPart III: The end of empire; 12 Anti-colonialism and homosexuality; Epilogue: After the empire; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Colonialism and Homosexuality is a thorough investigation of the



connections of homosexuality and imperialism from the late 1800s - the era of 'new imperialism' - until the era of decolonization. Robert Aldrich reconstructs the context of a number of liaisons, including those of famous men such as Cecil Rhodes, E.M. Forster or André Gide, and the historical situations which produced both the Europeans and their non-Western lovers. Colonial lands, which in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century included most of Africa, South and Southeast Asia and the islands of the

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910164966703321

Autore

Tatarkiewicz Wladyslaw

Titolo

History of Aesthetics. . Vol 1, Ancient aesthetics ; aus: History of aesthetics, Vol. 1 / / Wladyslaw Tatarkiewicz; Ann Czerniawski, Adam Czerniawski, J. Harrell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2015]

©1970

ISBN

9783111554556

3111554554

Edizione

[Reprint 2015]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (360 pages) : illustrations

Collana

History of Aesthetics ; ; Vol 1

Disciplina

111.85

Soggetti

Aesthetics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- TABLE OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- ANCIENT AESTHETICS -- I. AESTHETICS OF THE ARCHAIC PERIOD -- II. AESTHETICS OF THE CLASSICAL PERIOD -- III. HELLENISTIC AESTHETICS -- NAME INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX