Some Men In London: Queer Life, 1945-1959

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**A TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR**'Quite simply, this book is a work of genius' Matthew Parris, Spectator<br>'An essential study of post-war gay London life... one of the best anthologies I have ever read' John Self, ObserverThe 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.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

9780241370612

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

195 x 127 x 29 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Verlag / Hersteller

Penguin Books Ltd