Donald Bogle: Heat Wave

The Life and Career of Ethel Waters. USA 2011, 624 pp. illustrated, hardbound, € 23.95
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Almost no other star of the 20th century reimagined herself with such audacity and durable talent as did Ethel Waters. This biography sheds new light on the tumultuous twists and turns of the career of this astonishing woman, which began in Black vaudeville and reached new heights in the steamy nightclubs of 1920s Harlem. It traces Waters' life from the ... Weiterlesen

Stuart Biegel: The Right to Be Out

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in America's Public Schools. USA 2010, 303 pp., brochure, € 18.30
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University of Minnesota Press - GLBT Studies
Despite significant advances for gay and transgender persons in the U.S., the public school environment remains daunting, even frightening, as evidenced by numerous high-profile incidents of discrimination, bullying, violence, and suicide. Yet efforts to protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students and educators, or to enhance curricula to better reflect the experience of differing sexual orientations and ... Weiterlesen

Donald Spoto: Possessed

The Life of Joan Crawford. USA 2010, 336 pp. with numerous b/w photographs, brochure, € 13.49
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Joan Crawford was one of the most incandescent film stars of all time, yet she was also one of the most misunderstood. The biographer here goes beyond the popular caricature - the abusive, unstable mother portrayed in her adopted daughter Christina Crawford's memoir, »Mommie Dearest« - to give us a three-dimensional portrait of a very human woman, her dazzling career, ... Weiterlesen

Marie-Theres Arnbom: Marlene Dietrich

Ihr Stil * Ihre Filme * Ihr Leben. Ö 2010, 304 S. mit Abb., geb., € 49.90
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Sie war der absolute Star des 20. Jahrhunderts, hatte Glamour und zugleich eine Lässigkeit und Courage, die sie zu einem Mythos machten. Für die Tatsache, dass sie sich von den Nazis, die sie massiv umwarben, nicht hat auf ihre Seite ziehen lassen, wird sie noch heute bewundert. Mehr noch: sie bezog öffentlich und vehement Stellung gegen das Naziregime. Im 2. ... Weiterlesen

Christopher Pullen, Margaret Cooper (eds.): LGBT Identity and Online New Media

USA/UK 2010, 312 pp., brochure, € 44.69
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Taylor and Francis
What is new about new media for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people? The authors' importnat new contribution to existing scholarship on LGBT representation suggests quite a lot. Its chapters critcially engage with queer identities, place, and community in the digital world. New generations of LGBT people are coming out, finding love, and making communities within a world of seemingly ... Weiterlesen

Patricia K. Parker (Hg.): ... und plötzlich gab es SIE 2

D 2010, 149 S., Broschur, € 15.32
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In Zusammenarbeit mit dem Internetforum IsaRion.com hat Patricia Parker eine zweite Sammlung mit Coming-out-Erzählungen von Frauen mit heterosexueller Vergangenheit herausgegeben. »... und plötzlich gab es SIE 2« zeigt, wie es ist, wenn im Leben einer Frau plötzlich eine andere Frau aufkreuzt und von einem Moment auf den anderen die Welt Kopf steht. Das neue Empfinden fürs gleiche Geschlecht ruft geradezu ... Weiterlesen

Blake Bailey: Cheever

A Life. USA 2010, 771 pp., brochure, € 14.39
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This is the story of a proud Yankee who flaunted his lineage while deploring the provincialism of his family circle: John Cheever - this struggling alcoholic and conflicted bisexual spent much of his career impersonating a perfect suburban gentleman. He was a high-school dropout who went on to become one of the foremost chroniclers of postwar America. It appears that ... Weiterlesen

Susan Sontag: Wiedergeboren

Tagebücher 1947 - 1963. Dt.v. Kathrin Razum. D 2010, 383 S., geb., € 28.80
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Hanser
Im ersten Band ihrer privaten Tagebücher schimmern von Anfang an die Elemente durch, für die Sontags Schreiben typisch wurden: äußerste Ernsthaftigkeit, beachtliches Wissen und wenig Nachsicht gegenüber jeglicher Mittelmäßigkeit. Mit 15, als sie begann Tagebuch zu schreiben, legte die Sontag immensen Wissensdrang an den Tag, hungerte quasi nach Erfahrungen - v.a. in kultureller Hinsicht. Über die Jahre entwickelte sie sich ... Weiterlesen

M. Paz Galupo (ed.): Bisexuality and Same-Sex Marriage

UK/USA/CAN 2009, 213pp., brochure, € 39.99
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In our society, the argument for or against same-sex marriage becomes even more heated when the debate turns to bisexual women and men. The book explores this debate from a wide range of interdisciplinary perspectives, presenting respected scholars from fields as diverse as American Studies, Communication, Criminology, Human and Organizational Systems, Law and Social Policy, LGBT Studies, Organizational Behavior, Psychology, ... Weiterlesen

Dossie Easton und Janet W. Hardy: The Ethical Slut

A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships & Other Adventures. USA 2009 (3rd edition, updated & expanded), 320 pp., brochure, € 24.95
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This 1997 groundbreaking book gave sluts a good name. It is now available again in an updated, expanded 2nd edition. If you've ever yearned for love, sex, and intimacy beyond the limits of conventional monogamy, this book will open up to infinite possibilities. Relationship pioneers Dossie Easton and Janet W. Hardy dispel myths about sluthood and show how to maintain ... Weiterlesen

Carren Strock: Married Women Who Love Women

USA/UK 2008, 252 pp., brochure, € 39.99
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Routledge
This book is about women in heterosexual marriages who discover or come to terms with their lesbianism or bisexuality. It answers questions such as how women make this discovery, what they do once they realize their same-gender sexuality, how family and friends deal with the situation, and what happens to marriages and families. This second edition contains a new introduction, ... Weiterlesen

Patricia K. Parker (Hg.): ... und plötzlich gab es SIE

Coming-out- Erzählungen von Frauen mit heterosexueller Vergangenheit. D 2008, 165 S., Broschur, € 15.40
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»... und plötzlich gab es SIE, und die Gefühle fuhren Achterbahn.« In Zusammenarbeit mit dem Internetportal IsaRion.com sammelte Patricia Kay Parker autobiografische Geschichten von 23 Frauen, die vor ihrem Lesbischwerden in Hetero-Beziehungen gelebt hatten, zum größten Teil Mütter. Diese Frauen erzählen von ihrem Weg hin zu einem Anerkennen ihrer Liebe zu anderen Frauen - jede hat da ihre ganz eigene ... 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

Carol Grever, Deborah Bowman: When Your Spouse Comes Out

A Straight Mate's Recovery Manual. USA/CAN 2008, 151 pp., brochure, € 23.99
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Discovering that your mate is gay is one of the most traumatic events in a marriage. This book shows that this is a relatively widespread crisis and offers effective therapeutic self-help techniques for a straight mate's recovery. It provides practical steps that can keep this event from ruining the lives of those involved. It also presents true stories that demonstrate ... Weiterlesen

David Coad: The Metrosexual

USA 2008, 214 pp., brochure, € 17.99
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How do you explain Dennis Rodman's dyed hair, tattoos, and pierced body parts? Why are there so many athletes stripping for men's underwear ads? Besides sport, what do Pat Riley, Alex Rodriguez, and Ian Thorpe have in common? And why has David Beckham been compared to Louis XIV? In this exploration of past and present celebrity athletes, the author shows ... Weiterlesen