John Evans (ed.): Journeying Boy

The Diaries of the Young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938. UK 2009, 576 pp., hardbound, € 29.95
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Britten documented his childhood and adolescence in a daily journal he kept for a decade. From his arrival as a boarder at Gresham's School and his private lessons in London with Frank Bridge, to his student days at the Royal College of Music and apprenticeship in London, we trace the progress of a journeying boy. The 1930s brought successful collaborations ... Weiterlesen

Lynne Huffer: Mad for Foucault

Rethinking the Foundations of Queer Theory. USA 2009, 344pp., brochure, € 37.95
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Michel Foucault was the first to embed the roots of human sexuality in discipline and biopolitics, therefore revolutionizing our conception of sex and its relationship to society, economics, and culture. Foucault recasts Western rationalism as a project that both produces and represses sexual deviants, calling out the complicity of modern science and the exclusionary nature of family morality. By reclaiming ... Weiterlesen

Lillian Faderman, Stuart Timmons: Gay L.A.

A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, and Lipstick Lesbians. USA 2009, 431 pp., brochure, € 49.95
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This social, political and cultural history of lesbian and gay life in Los Angeles by two seasoned historians is easily the subject's definitive work. Presenting a wealth of fact and analysis, the authors breeze through the highlights of L.A. gay history. They begin with the suppression of Native Americans' sexual and gender expression by 16th-century Spanish missionaries, before exploring how ... Weiterlesen

Bob Smith: Selfish & Perverse

USA 2009, 376pp., brochure, € 14.79
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Nelson Kunker is a TV script supervisor whose life in L.A. has come to a halt because he's unable to finish the novel he's writing, doesn't have a boyfriend, and at the pivotal age of 34 has reached the juncture where he has to decide whether he's really talented of just gay. Then one day he meets Roy Briggs, a ... Weiterlesen

Augusten Burroughs: You Better Not Cry

True Stories for Christmas. USA 2009, 206 pp., brochure, € 13.50
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Of course you've eaten too much chocolate at Christmas, but have you ever eaten the face off a six-foot stuffed Santa? You've seen gingerbread houses, but have you ever made your own gingerbread block of flats? You've woken up lying next to Kris Kringle himself? Augusten Burroughs has, and in this caustically funny, nostalgic, poignant, and moving collection of true ... Weiterlesen

Gustav Hofer und Luca Ragazzi (R): Suddenly, Last Winter (Improvivisamente l'inverno scorso)

I 2008, OF, engl. UT, ital. booklet, 80 Min., € 22.99
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Luca und Gustav sind seit über 8 Jahren ein schwules Paar in Rom. Als die Mitt-Links-Regierung Italiens ankündigt, ein Partnerschaftsgesetzt einführen zu wollen, das auch für gleichgeschlechtliche Paare gültig sein soll, steht die italienische Öffentlichkeit Kopf. Wilde Debatten, Talkshows, Lobbying (vor allem der Rechten und der katholischen Kirche) - die Ereignisse scheinen sich zu überschlagen. Der Journalist Gustav Hofer geht ... Weiterlesen

David Bret: Clark Gable

Tormented Star. USA 2008, 287 pp., brochure, € 14.89
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Clarke Gable - the archetypal male of his era. He was named »King of Hollywood« in 1938. But as the author of this uncensored biography reveals, the star was not quite who he seemed. One of Gable's best-kept secrets was his bisexuality. Bret recounts Gable's failed marriages to women who turned a blind eye toward his affairs with actors Earl ... Weiterlesen

Yen Tan (R): Ciao - Jedes Ende ist auch ein Neubeginn

USA 2008, OF, dt.UT, 87 min., € 16.99
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Mark ist bei einem Autounfall gerade tödlich verunglückt. Sein Freund Jeff hat nun die traurige Aufgabe, Marks Nachlass zu sichten. Dabei stößt er auf Marks umfangreiche E-mail-Korrespondenz mit dem Italiener Andrea (gipfelnd in dessen Ankündigung, demnächst mal für ein paar Tage vorbeischauen zu wollen). Jeff hatte nicht die geringste Ahnung, dass es diesen Andrea im Leben seines Lebensgefährten überhaupt gegeben ... Weiterlesen