Love Stories: Sex between Men before Homosexuality
by Jonathan Ned Katz
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Author: Jonathan Ned KatzEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-06-15
ISBN: 0226426165
Number of pages: 440
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
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Book Review: Finally a balanced view
Summary: 5 Stars
I must applaud this author for producing a fine book which takes the pain to explain people and their actions in the light of their times; before we invented the label 'gay'.
A lot of reserach went into this work, and it shows. Facts are shown which have nowadays been glossed over by urban myths and have become distorted. I found the book fascinating and full of aspects that highlighted historical backgrounds.
Recommended for all who wish to study the facts.
Summary of Love Stories: Sex between Men before Homosexuality
In Love Stories, Jonathan Ned Katz presents stories of men's intimacies with men during the nineteenth century-including those of Abraham Lincoln-drawing flesh-and-blood portraits of intimate friendships and the ways in which men struggled to name, define, and defend their sexual feelings for one another. In a world before "gay" and "straight" referred to sexuality, men like Walt Whitman and John Addington Symonds created new ways to name and conceive of their erotic relationships with other men. Katz, diving into history through diaries, letters, newspapers, and poems, offers us a clearer picture than ever before of how men navigated the uncharted territory of male-male desire.
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