Federico G. Carvajal: Butterflies Will Burn

USA 2003, 310 pp., brochure, € 33.99
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As Spain consolidated its Empire in the 16th and 17th centuries, discourses about the perfect Spanish man or »vir« went hand-in-hand with discourses about another kind of man, one who engaged in the »abominable crime and sin against nature« - sodomy. In both Spain and Mexico, sodomy came to rank second only to heresy as a cause for prosecution, and ... Weiterlesen

Jonathan Goldberg (ed.): Queering the Renaissance

USA 1994, 388 pp., brochure, € 49.95
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Duke University Press
»Queering the Renaissance« offers a major reassessment of the field of Renaissance studies. Gathering essays by sixteen critics working within the perspective of gay and lesbian studies, this collection redraws the map of sexuality and gender studies in the Renaissance. Taken together, these essays move beyond limiting notions of identity politics by locating historically forms of same-sex desire that are ... Weiterlesen

Lillian Faderman: Surpassing the Love of Men

Romantic Friendship and Love between Women from the Renaissance to the Present. USA 1979, 496 pp., brochure, € 18.95
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Womens Press
A quietly revolutionary book which reconstructs a lost history of women loving women. Here the author explores the different forms which that love has taken over the years, from the elaborate deceptions of Deborah Sampson, soldier of the American Revolution, to the genteel Ladies of Llangollen and the notorious »Boston marriages« of the 19th century. Drawing on a rich variety ... Weiterlesen

Pierre Seel: Moi, Pierre Seel, déporté homosexuel

F 1994, 218 pp., in französischer Sprache, Broschur, € 24.95
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Pierre Seel wuchs in Mulhouse im Elsass in einer bürgerlichen Familie auf. Im Jahre 1939 war er sich mit 17 Jahren bewusst, homosexuell zu sein und besuchte auch die Klappe am Square Steinbach. Als ihm dort eine Uhr gestohlen wurde, erstattete er bei der Polizei Anzeige. Dabei gab Seel den Besuch der Klappe offen zu, da homosexuelle Handlungen in Frankreich ... Weiterlesen