Gay and lesbian historical fiction Sexual mystery and post-secular narrative /
The first extensive study of gay and lesbian historical fiction, this book demonstrates how the highly popular sub-genre helps us understand gay and lesbian history. It shows not only why the sub-genre should be taken more seriously by historians but also how it implicitly works to ameliorate divisi...
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Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
Language: | English |
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230604858 |
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The first extensive study of gay and lesbian historical fiction, this book demonstrates how the highly popular sub-genre helps us understand gay and lesbian history. It shows not only why the sub-genre should be taken more seriously by historians but also how it implicitly works to ameliorate divisions between Christianity and homosexuality. |
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Ebook. Originally published in: 2008. |
Carrier Form: | 232 p. |
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9781403976550 9780230604858 : 0230604854 : |
CLC: | I106.4 |
Contents: | Can We Talk? * Spot the Homo: Definitions * Revisionist Histories from Mysterious Hauntings * Coming-Out Stories as Conversion Narratives * Chosen Communities: Familiar Stories from Strange Bedfellows * Romancing the Past: The Uses of Identification. |