History Books


Mrs Keppel and Her DaughterMrs Keppel and Her Daughter
Best Price: $1.97
Alice, Mrs.George Keppel, known in Court circles as "Little Mrs.George", was the...
Playing with Fire: Queer Politics, Queer TheoriesPlaying with Fire: Queer Politics, Queer Theories
Best Price: $32.91
The last five years have witnessed the birth of a vibrant new group of young scholars who are...
Scandal: Infamous Gay Controversies of the Twentieth CenturyScandal: Infamous Gay Controversies of the Twentieth Century
Best Price: $8.50
This was my surprise read of 2006. I bought this book as a curiosity after it appeared under my...
Acts of Faith, Acts of Love: Gay Catholic Autobiographies As Sacred TextsActs of Faith, Acts of Love: Gay Catholic Autobiographies As Sacred Texts
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The naturalness of gay love and desire is witnessed in this book through generously given...
The Films of Derek JarmanThe Films of Derek Jarman
Best Price: $39.95
Derek Jarman's films explore the possibilities and limitations of same-sex love and...


The Boswell Thesis: Essays on Christianity, Social Tolerance, and HomosexualityThe Boswell Thesis: Essays on Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality
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Few books have had the social, cultural, and scholarly impact of John Boswell's Christianity,...
A THOUSAND WORDS: PORTRAITURE, STYLE, AND QUEER MODERNISMA THOUSAND WORDS: PORTRAITURE, STYLE, AND QUEER MODERNISM
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Independent scholar and English teacher Jaime Hovey presents "A Thousand Words:...
Gay and Lesbian Studies in Art History (Research on Homosexuality) (Research on Homosexuality)Gay and Lesbian Studies in Art History (Research on Homosexuality) (Research on Homosexuality)
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While I agree with the previous review in regard to Davis' essay (and his other work as well), I...
Virgil Thomson: Composer on the AisleVirgil Thomson: Composer on the Aisle
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The late composer Virgil Thomson did write an autobiography. However, autobiographies are not...
Auden and Isherwood: The Berlin YearsAuden and Isherwood: The Berlin Years
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Books of fiction and nonfiction, films, paintings, and museums abound in the ongoing ceaseless...


Decolonizing the Sodomite: Queer Tropes of Sexuality in Colonial Andean CultureDecolonizing the Sodomite: Queer Tropes of Sexuality in Colonial Andean Culture
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Early Andean historiography reveals a subaltern history of indigenous gender and sexuality that...
Out on the Field: Gender, Sport, and SexualitiesOut on the Field: Gender, Sport, and Sexualities
Best Price: $17.66
This book provides an in-depth examination of gender, sport and sexualities; an analysis of the...
The Hidden HitlerThe Hidden Hitler
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I read this book, as I do all other historical works, to fill voids and/or add different...
Gay Tales of the SamuraiGay Tales of the Samurai
Best Price: $7.42
I've seen references in non-fiction books to some of these stories, so I *can* say they are...
Acts of Intervention (Unnatural Acts)Acts of Intervention (Unnatural Acts)
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This book is a valuable source for the variety of performances that have accompanied the...

The Queer Encyclopedia of the Visual ArtsThe Queer Encyclopedia of the Visual Arts
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Everything you wanted to know about GLBT art and didn't know where to look - I read this...
Gaiety Transfigured: Gay Self-Representation in American Literature (Wisconsin Project on American Writers)Gaiety Transfigured: Gay Self-Representation in American Literature (Wisconsin Project on American Writers)
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Bergman, a gay academic and poet, wrote one of the better books of gay men's criticism in the...
Chick Flicks : Theories and Memories of the Feminist Film MovementChick Flicks : Theories and Memories of the Feminist Film Movement
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Rich is a major figure in recent feminist film history, so it's great to see her book out....
Philosophy Through Fiction and FilmPhilosophy Through Fiction and Film
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I purchased this book for a college philosophy class and what a poorly chosen text! The...
Render Me, Gender Me (Between Men~Between Women: Lesbian and Gay Studies)Render Me, Gender Me (Between Men~Between Women: Lesbian and Gay Studies)
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Winner of a Ruth Benedict Prize in Anthropology Challengingcomfortable assumptions about gender,...

Revolution, She WroteRevolution, She Wrote
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This book found me; reading it changed me profoundly. Clara Fraser is a radical socialist...
Trouble With Harry HayTrouble With Harry Hay
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Machos Maricones & Gays PbMachos Maricones & Gays Pb
Best Price: $28.37
I was aghast at reading this book! I wonder where or among who Mr. Lumsden has done the research...
Sappho in the Making: The Early Reception (Hellenic Studies)Sappho in the Making: The Early Reception (Hellenic Studies)
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This book offers the first interdisciplinary and in-depth study of the cultural practices and...
My Mama's Dead Squirrel: Lesbian Essays on Southern CultureMy Mama's Dead Squirrel: Lesbian Essays on Southern Culture
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Like Mother, Like Daughter?: The Effects of Growing Up in a Homosexual HomeLike Mother, Like Daughter?: The Effects of Growing Up in a Homosexual Home
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I essentially picked up this book because I was interested in learning more about the...
Approaching the Millennium: Essays on Angels in America (Theater: Theory/Text/Performance)Approaching the Millennium: Essays on Angels in America (Theater: Theory/Text/Performance)
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I wasn't very keen on reading some scholar-talk when it comes to one of my favorite dramas ever....
The Evening Crowd at Kirmser's: A Gay Life in the 1940sThe Evening Crowd at Kirmser's: A Gay Life in the 1940s
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This book's intelligently edited, avoiding the temptations of solipsism. I met an elderly...
Framed: Lesbians, Feminists, and Media CultureFramed: Lesbians, Feminists, and Media Culture
Best Price: $11.15
Film/Women's Studies A prominent critic assesses the impact feminism has had on popular...
QUEER GOTHICQUEER GOTHIC
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How to Have a Life-StyleHow to Have a Life-Style
A wonderful 'how-to' from the master himself. Full of Quentin's classic wit. I loved every...
Eastern ExchangeEastern Exchange
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The subtitle of this autobiography is "Memoirs of People and Places". The author...
Lost Gay Novels: A Reference Guide to Fifty Works Ffrom the First Half of the Twentieth CenturyLost Gay Novels: A Reference Guide to Fifty Works Ffrom the First Half of the Twentieth Century
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The author of this book seems not to have done very much research, and his aesthetic sense is...
Deviant Eyes, Deviant BodiesDeviant Eyes, Deviant Bodies
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Engaging feminist and queer theory ranging from Nancy Chodorow to Judith Butler to Valerie...
Place for Us: Essay on the Broadway MusicalPlace for Us: Essay on the Broadway Musical
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A reviewer below -- though not as below as he deserves to be -- writes: "DA Miller is an...

Djuna Barnes (Twayne's United States Authors Series ; Tusas 262)Djuna Barnes (Twayne's United States Authors Series ; Tusas 262)Queer LooksQueer Looks
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Altho the cover has that generic early-90s multiculti/ACTUP design look (EEK!) there's actually...
Creating Change: Sexuality, Public Policy, and Civil RightsCreating Change: Sexuality, Public Policy, and Civil Rights
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As a progressive activist, I immensley enjoyed this anthology of movers and shakers in the GLBT...
Talk on the Wilde SideTalk on the Wilde Side
Best Price: $15.75
I can't believe I'm writing the first review for a book that is so important to the field of...
Sex Objects: Art And The Dialectics Of DesireSex Objects: Art And The Dialectics Of Desire
Best Price: $11.99
I picked up this book because I met Professor Doyle socially and I am into art. I particularly...

Queering Public Address: Sexualities in American Historical Discourse (Studies in Rhetoric/Communication)Queering Public Address: Sexualities in American Historical Discourse (Studies in Rhetoric/Communication)
Best Price: $38.30
In Queering Public Address ten noted rhetorical critics disrupt the silence regarding...
Virtuous Vice: Homoeroticism and the Public Sphere (Series Q)Virtuous Vice: Homoeroticism and the Public Sphere (Series Q)
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In this daring study of queer life and the public sphere, Eric O. Clarke examines the effects of...
Something for the Boys: Musical Theater and Gay CultureSomething for the Boys: Musical Theater and Gay Culture
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I have to COMPLETELY and UTTERLY disagree with the folks here tha point to "a place for...
Homoerotic Sensibilities in Late Imperial China (Routledgecurzon/Asian Studies Association of Australia East)Homoerotic Sensibilities in Late Imperial China (Routledgecurzon/Asian Studies Association of Australia East)
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Homoerotic Sensibilities in Late Imperial China is the richest exploration to date of late...
Federico Garcia Lorca (Outlines)Federico Garcia Lorca (Outlines)
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The Politics of Everyday FearThe Politics of Everyday Fear
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Who Was That Man?: A Present for Mr. Oscar Wilde (The Masks Series)Who Was That Man?: A Present for Mr. Oscar Wilde (The Masks Series)
Best Price: $14.81
Who was that Man ? is a meditation and celebration of the form and meaning of gay life in London...
May Sarton: A BiographyMay Sarton: A Biography
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I have to say, having read this book years ago, one effect has stayed with me: my shock at the...
The Wilde CenturyThe Wilde Century
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After a spate of books in queer studies anachronistically identifying this or that work as...
First Things: Reading the Maternal ImaginaryFirst Things: Reading the Maternal Imaginary
Best Price: $35.97
In First Things Mary Jacobus combines close readings with theoretical concerns in an...

In a Closet Hidden: The Life and Work of Mary E. Wilkins FreemanIn a Closet Hidden: The Life and Work of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
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Jeb and Dash: A Diary of Gay Life, 1918-1945Jeb and Dash: A Diary of Gay Life, 1918-1945
Best Price: $14.77
I could not put this book down. This diary of a gay man from 1918 to 1945 reads like a novel...
Widescreen Dreams: Growing Up Gay at the Movies (Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiographies, Joan Larkin and David Bergman, Series Editors)Widescreen Dreams: Growing Up Gay at the Movies (Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiographies, Joan Larkin and David Bergman, Series Editors)
Best Price: $4.61
Horrigan, Patrick E, "Widescreen Dreams: Growing Up Gay at the Movies" University of...
Third Sex, Third Gender: Beyond Sexual Dimorphism in Culture and HistoryThird Sex, Third Gender: Beyond Sexual Dimorphism in Culture and History
Best Price: $18.00
Gil Herdt is one person who can certainly be trusted to compile a stellar collection of articles...
Boyopolis: Sex and Politics in Gay Eastern EuropeBoyopolis: Sex and Politics in Gay Eastern Europe
Best Price: $3.25
I was dissapointed after being tantalized by the title. I fully expected much more anecdotal...

William Burroughs and the Secret of FascinationWilliam Burroughs and the Secret of Fascination
Best Price: $39.95
William Burroughs is both an object of widespread cultural fascination and one of...
Gertrude and AliceGertrude and Alice
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This is a well written small book that explains things. The puzzle unexplained is why Gertrude...
The Bear Book II: Further Readings in the History and Evolution of a Gay Male Subculture (Haworth Gay & Lesbian Studies) (Haworth Gay & Lesbian Studies)The Bear Book II: Further Readings in the History and Evolution of a Gay Male Subculture (Haworth Gay & Lesbian Studies) (Haworth Gay & Lesbian Studies)
Best Price: $17.57
This book is a fine read from start to finish. Of course, it has its ups and downs, but all the...
Willa Cather: Queering AmericaWilla Cather: Queering America
Best Price: $19.75
I am currently taking an undergraduate course on Cather, and I hoped that this book would...
Arabia of the BedouinsArabia of the Bedouins
Best Price: $22.04
Marcel Kurpershoek has written a wonderful book, that is hard to part with. His interest in...
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