Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Introduction 1. Roman Traditions: Slaves, Prostitutes, and Wives 2. Greece and Rome 3. The Concept of Stuprum 4. Effeminacy and Masculinity 5. Sexual Roles and Identities Conclusions

Ancient history --- History of civilization --- Rome --- Male homosexuality --- Male homosexuality in art --- Male homosexuality in literature --- History --- Social life and customs --- Homosexuality, Male. --- Homosexuality, Male - Rome - History. --- Homosexuality, Male, in art. --- Homosexuality, Male, in literature. --- Male homosexuality. --- Male homosexuality in art. --- Male homosexuality in literature. --- Social Science. --- Gender & Ethnic Studies --- Social Sciences --- Gay & Lesbian Studies --- History. --- Social life and customs. --- Homosexuality, Male, in literature --- Homosexuality, Male, in art --- Homosexuality, Male --- Homosexuality --- Men --- Sexual behavior --- Male homosexuality - Rome - History --- Rome - Social life and customs

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

This book is the first to look at the wide range of contrasting images of the gay male body in Japanese popular culture, both mainstream and gay, and relate these images to the experience of an interview sample of Japanese gay men. In so doing, it touches on a number of important issues, including whether there can be a universal 'gay identity' and whether or not strategies developed for increasing gay and lesbian visibility in western countries are appropriate to the social situation in Japan

Male homosexuality --- Men --- Human males --- Human beings --- Males --- Effeminacy --- Masculinity --- Homosexuality, Male --- Homosexuality --- Sexual behavior

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Writing at first anonymously and later under the pen name Pierre Loti, French author Julien Viaud (1850-1923) produced a series of fictions that sympathetically portrayed male same-sex desire and its accompanying societal conflicts. Due to the constraints of the time, Viaud had to develop various strategies for discussing his subject covertly; his success in doing so is demonstrated by the great critical and commercial success he enjoyed during his lifetime, which included his election to the French Academy at age forty-one. Richard Berrong presents a gay reading of the novels and novellas of Julien Viaud, chronologically tracing his development of a distinct homosexual identity and the strategies that he employed to discuss it in a way that would not be obvious to the general public. In so doing, Berrong asserts that Viaud's development of a homosexual identity undermined and realigned dominant constructions of masculinity, presented the need for gay community, and elaborated the role of literature for gay men. The first book-length gay reading of Viaud's corpus, this work will make an important contribution not only to the study of Viaud, but also to the study of gay and lesbian history, culture, and literature.

Loti, Pierre --- Criticism and interpretation --- Homosexuality [Male ] in literature --- Gay men in literature --- Male homosexuality in literature. --- Gay men in literature. --- Homosexuality, Male, in literature --- Loti, Pierre, --- Viaud, Julien --- Criticism and interpretation.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

"Since the publication of Vito Russo's seminal study The Celluloid Closet in 1981, much has been written about the representation of queer characters on screen. Until now, however, relatively little attention has been paid to how queer sexualities were portrayed in films from the silent and early sound period. By looking in detail at a succession of recently-found films and revisiting others, Shane Brown examines images of male-male intimacy, buddy relationships and romantic friendships in European and American films made prior to 1934, including Different from the Others and All Quiet on the Western Front. He places these films within their socio-political and scientific context and sheds new light on how they were intended to be viewed and how they were actually perceived. In doing so, Brown offers his readers a unique insight into a little known area of early cinema, queer studies and social history."--

Film. --- Male homosexuality in motion pictures. --- Motion pictures --- Motion pictures. --- History. --- Homosexuality, Male, in motion pictures --- History and criticism --- Homosexualité masculine --- Cinéma --- Au cinéma. --- Thèmes, motifs.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

In the tapestry of global queer cultures Africa has long been neglected or stereotyped. In Hungochani, Marc Epprecht seeks to change these limited views by tracing Southern Africa's history and traditions of homosexuality, modern gay and lesbian identities, and the vibrant gay rights movement that has emerged since the 1980s. Epprecht explores the diverse ways African cultures traditionally explained same-sex sexuality and follows the emergence of new forms of gender identity and sexuality that evolved with the introduction of capitalism, colonial rule, and Christian education. Using oral testimony, memoirs, literature, criminal court records, and early government enquiries from the eighteenth century to the present, he traces the complex origins of homophobia. By bringing forth a wealth of evidence about once-hidden sexual behaviour, Epprecht contributes to the honest, open discussion that is urgently needed in the battle against HIV/AIDS. Homosexuality - or hungochani as it is known in Zimbabwe - has been denounced by many politicians and church leaders as an example of how Western decadence has corrupted African traditions. However, a bold, new gay rights movement has emerged in several of the countries of the region since the 1980s, offering an exciting new dimension in the broad struggle for human rights and democracy unfolding on the continent. In a new preface to this edition, Epprecht considers the recent advances of equality on the continent such as the legalization of same-sex marriage in South Africa, as well as discriminatory setbacks such as Uganda's anti-homosexuality legislation.

Homosexuality --- Male homosexuality --- Gays --- Gay people --- Gay persons --- Homosexuals --- Persons --- Homosexuality, Male --- Men --- Same-sex attraction --- Sexual orientation --- Bisexuality --- History. --- Social conditions. --- Sexual behavior