The Trials of Masculinity

Angus McLaren

• Paperback | Engels | The Chicago Sexuality, History, and Society
• In this path-breaking history of manhood and masculinity, Angus McLaren examines how nineteenth- and twentieth-century western society created what we... Lees meer

The Invention of Sodomy in Christian Theology

Mark D Jordan

• Paperback | Engels | The Chicago Sexuality, History, and Society
• In this startling original work of historical detection, Mark D. Jordan explores the invention of Sodomy by medieval Christendom, examining its concep... Lees meer

The Language of Sex

John W Baldwin

• Paperback | Engels | The Chicago Sexuality, History, and Society
• This study brings together widely divergent discourses to fashion a comprehensive picture of sexual language and attitudes at a particular time and pl... Lees meer

The Politics of Gay Rights

• Hardcover | Engels | The Chicago Sexuality, History, and Society
• Few issues in American politics inspire such passion as that of civil rights for gays and lesbians. In this group of original essays, scholars and act... Lees meer

Sites of Desire/Economies of Pleasure

• Hardcover | Engels | The Chicago Sexuality, History, and Society | nr. 1997
• Discussions of sexuality in Asia and the Pacific have long been tinged with conceptions of the exotic Orient. Examining a world of erotic encounter be... Lees meer

Sexual Nature/Sexual Culture

• Paperback | Engels | The Chicago Sexuality, History, and Society
• In this multidisciplinary study of human sexuality, an international team of scholars looks at the influences of nature and nurture, biology and cultu... Lees meer

A Prescription for Murder

Angus McLaren

• Paperback | Engels | The Chicago Sexuality, History, and Society
• From 1877 to 1892, Dr. Thomas Neill Cream murdered seven women, all prostitutes or patients seeking abortions, in England and North America. A Prescri... Lees meer

Improper Advances

Karen Dubinsky

• Paperback | Engels | The Chicago Sexuality, History, and Society
• Why do men rape women? This is a question for which there are many political, psychological, and sociological answers, but few historical ones. Improp... Lees meer

Sites of Desire/Economies of Pleasure

• Paperback | Engels | The Chicago Sexuality, History, and Society | nr. 1997
• Discussions of sexuality in Asia and the Pacific have long been tinged with conceptions of the exotic Orient. Examining a world of erotic encounter be... Lees meer

Sinners and Citizens

Jens Rydström

• Paperback | Engels | The Chicago Sexuality, History, and Society
• Jens Rydstrom explores the history of homosexuality and bestiality in Sweden to consider why these sexual practices have been so closely linked in vir... Lees meer

Take the Young Stranger by the Hand

John Donald Gustav-Wrathall

• Paperback | Engels | The Chicago Sexuality, History, and Society
• Now associated with family health clubs, the YMCA's bland image is the result of relentless outreach and the studied avoidance of controversy. But, as... Lees meer

A History of Bisexuality

Steven Angelides

• Paperback | Engels | The Chicago Sexuality, History, and Society
• Why is bisexuality the object of such skepticism? Why do sexologists steer clear of it in their research? Why has bisexuality, in stark contrast to ho... Lees meer

The Politics of Gay Rights

• Paperback | Engels | The Chicago Sexuality, History, and Society
• Few issues in American politics inspire such passion as that of civil rights for gays and lesbians. In this group of original essays, scholars and act... Lees meer

Queer London

Matt Houlbrook

• Paperback | Engels | The Chicago Sexuality, History, and Society
• In August 1934, young Cyril L. wrote to his friend Billy about all the exciting men he had met, the swinging nightclubs he had visited, and the vibran... Lees meer

Sodomy in Reformation Germany and Switzerland, 1400-1600

Helmut Puff

• Paperback | Engels | The Chicago Sexuality, History, and Society
• Drawing on both literary and historical evidence, Puff shows that speakers of German associated sodomy with Italy, and increasingly, the Catholic Chur... Lees meer