Whitney Davis: Queer Beauty

Sexuality and Aesthetics from Winckelmann to Freud and Beyond. USA 2010, 354pp. with numerous b/w photographs, hardbound, € 48.95
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The pioneering work of Johann Winckelmann identified a homoerotic appreciation of male beauty in classical Greek sculpture, a fascination that endured in Western art since the Greeks. Yet after Winckelmann, the value (even the possibility) of art's queer beauty was often denied. Several theorists, notably the philosopher Immanuel Kant, broke sexual attraction and aesthetic appreciation into separate or duelling domains. ... Weiterlesen

David Sedaris: Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk

A Wicked Bestiary. UK 2010, 163pp. illustrated, hardbound, € 14.95
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If animals were more like us, if mice kept pets and toads could cuss, if dogs had wives and chipmunks dated, sheep sat still and meditated, then in the forest, field and diary, you might find this bestiary, read by storks, but rats and kitties, skimmed by cows with milk-stained titties. »I found the book to be most droll«, might ... Weiterlesen

Emily Horner: A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend

USA 2010, 264 pp., hardbound, € 14.39
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For months, Cass Meyer has heard her best friend, Julia, a wannabe Broadway composer, whispering about atop-secret project. Then Julia is killed in a car accident, and Julia's drama friends make it their mission to bring the project - a musical entitled »Totally Sweet Ninja Death Squad« - to fruition. But Cass isn't one of the drama people. She can't ... Weiterlesen

Sjeng Scheijen: Diaghilev

A Life. UK 2010, 552pp. illustrated, brochure, € 29.95
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Diaghilev turns up everywhere ballet and modern art are discussed, wrapped in a broad ribbon declaring him »Impresario extraordinaire«. This man from Russia founded and directed the revolutionary dance company Ballet Russes and brought Nijinksky and Stravinsky to the stages of Europe to riotous effect. With unique access to Russian archives and a passion for researching the lives of the ... Weiterlesen
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Lewis C. Seifert: Manning the Margins

Masculinity & Writing in Seventeenth-Century France. USA 2010, 339pp., brochure, € 38.20
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Over the past decades, a rich body of scholarship has uncovered the crucial roles women played in 17th-century France, a period often reduced to »classical« male authors and »absolutist« kings. But the clearer perspective we now have of women has exposed the need to take a fresh look at men and masculinity. Examining ideals of polite masculine conduct, the figure ... Weiterlesen

Val McDermid: Clean Break

Ein Fall für Kate Brannigan.IV. Dt. v. Brigitta Merschmann. D 2010, 364 S., Pb, € 9.24
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Ein Kunstraub führt Privatdetektivin Kate Brannigan aus Manchester in ihrem vierten Fall nach Italien. Dort wird sowohl ihre Liebe als auch ihre Loyalität gewaltig auf die Probe gestellt. Alles fängt damit an, dass ausgerechnet in der stattlichen Residenz, für deren Security Kate zuständig ist, ein Gemälde von Monet gestohlen wird. Die Ermittlungen in dem Fall führen sie nicht nur nach ... Weiterlesen

Airen: Strobo

D 2010, 220 S., Pb, € 9.20
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Ein Doppelleben der besonderen Art: tagsüber arbeitet Airen in einer Berliner Unternehmensberatung, die Nächte schlägt er sich in den härtesten und besten Technoclubs der Stadt um die Ohren - vor allem das Berghain hat es ihm angetan. Ohne Rücksicht auf körperliche oder seelische Verluste, ohne Gedanken an den nächsten Tag - hat Airen stets nur den Augenblick im Kopf, ist ... Weiterlesen

Kathleen Winter: Annabel

USA 2010, 465 pp., brochure, € 15.95
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This debut novel is an intimate portrait of the family of a mixed-gendered child born into a remote, blue-collar seaside town in Eastern Canada. In 1968, into the devastating, beautiful landscape of Labrador, a child is born: a baby who appears to be neither fully boy nor fully girl, but both at once. Only three people are privy to the ... Weiterlesen