1st Edition

Queer Sites Gay Urban Histories Since 1600

Edited By David Higgs Copyright 1999
224 Pages
by Routledge

222 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

There are areas which can be described as gay space in that they have many lesbians and gays in the population. Queerspace: A History of Urban Sexuality , edited by David Higgs, offers a history of gay space in the major cities form the early modern period to the present. The book focuses on the changing nature of queer experience in London, Amsterdam, Rio de Janiero, San Francisco, Paris, Lisbon... Read more
Chapter 1a Introduction, David Higgs; Chapter 1 Paris, Michael D. Sibalis; Chapter 2 Moscow, Dan Healey; Chapter 3 Amsterdam, Gert Hekma; Chapter 4 London, Randolph Trumbach; Chapter 5 Lisbon, David Higgs; Chapter 6 Rio de Janeiro, David Higgs; Chapter 7 San Francisco, Les Wright;

Biography

David Higgs

'A delight to read Queer Sites begins to explore some of the major themes in the emerging field of queer urban histories.' - The Gay and Lesbian Review