Some Men In London: Queer Life, 1945-1959

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**A TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR**<br><br>Quite simply, this book is a work of genius - Matthew Parris, The Spectator<br><br>An essential study of post-war gay London life... one of the best anthologies I have ever read - John Self, The Observer<br><br>With it's wide-ranging selection, generous biographical notes and provocative bibliography, Some Men in London is a serious and important contribution to our understanding of Britain up to today - Fiona Sampson, The Tablet<br><br>An absolutely extraordinary book ... about actually what life was like for homosexual men in London in the 1940s and the 1950s... It's amazing - Dominic Sandbrook <br><br>The first part of a major new anthology which uncovers the rich reality of life for queer men in London<br>In the 1940s, it was believed that homosexuality had been becoming more widespread in the aftermath of war. A moral panic ensued, centred around London as the place to which gay men gravitated.<br>In a major new anthology, Peter Parker explores what it was actually like for queer men in London in this period, whether they were well-known figures such as John Gielgud, 'Chips' Channon and E.M. Forster, or living lives of quiet - or occasionally rowdy - anonymity in pubs, clubs, more public places of assignation, or at home. It is rich with letters, diaries, psychological textbooks, novels, films, plays and police records, covering a wide range of viewpoints, from those who deplored homosexuality to those who campaigned for its decriminalisation.<br><br>This first volume, from 1945 to 1959, details a community forced to live at constant risk of blackmail or prison. Yet it also shows a thriving and joyous subculture, one that enriched a mainstream culture often ignorant of its debt to gay creators. Some Men In London is a testament to queer life, which was always much more complex than newspapers, governments and the Metropolitan Police Force imagined.

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780241370605

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Buch

Maße

239 x 165 x 44 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Verlag / Hersteller

Penguin Books Ltd (UK)