S. Gunther

Gebundenes Buch

The Elastic Closet

A History of Homosexuality in France, 1942-Present

Beschreibung

A history of French homosexuals since 1942 in the interconnected realms of law, politics and the media, with a focus on the complex relationship between French republican values and the possibilities they have offered for change in each of these three spheres.

Autor

SCOTT GUNTHER is Assistant Professor of French at Wellesley College, USA. He received his B.A. from Cornell in 1990, his J.D. from NYU in 1993, and his Ph.D. in French Studies from NYU in 2001. His research interests include gender and sexuality in France, the mass media, and comparative law.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-230-22105-5
• 2009
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 368g
• ISBN-13: 9780230221055
• ISBN-10: 023022105X
• Artikelnr.: 25237133

Rezensionen

'...well illustrated with archive material, interviews, and discourse analysis, is fully accessible to anglophone readers, and will no doubt appeal to readers in French studies as well as comparative sexuality and gender studies.' - French Studies