Metropolitan Lovers: The Homosexuality of Cities"Exploring the lives of prominent gay men and women, literary depictions of gay city life, classic works of urban theory, and the rhetoric of political reformers, Abraham challenges conventional thinking about what it means to be metropolitan and what it means to be queer. From Paris, London, and Manchester, to Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and San Francisco, Abraham maps the connections, the exchanges of meaning, and the transfers of value that inform ideas of homosexuality and the city, ideas that have shaped modern life. While the city and homosexuality have long been associated, Abraham analyzes their convergence with unprecedented insight and reveals the inescapable consequences - both positive and negative of this union."--BOOK JACKET. |
Contents
Oscar Wilde in Los Angeles | 37 |
Perverts in Groups | 83 |
Paris Harlem Hudson Street1961 | 169 |
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