Overview

This work focuses on the changing nature of queer experience in London, Amsterdam, Rio de Janiero, San Francisco, Paris, Lisbon and Moscow. It aims to provide an interdisciplinary analysis of extensive source material, including diaries, poems, legal accounts and journalism. B y concentrating the importance of the city and varied meeting places such as parks, river walks, bathing places, the street, bars and even churches, the contributors explore the extent to which gay space existed, and the degree of social collectiveness felt by those who used this space and their individual histories.

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'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

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David Higgs

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