As historians, how does the past speak to us, and when it does, how do we listen?
Tag: twentieth century
Franca Viola says ‘No’: Gender violence, consent, and the law in 1960s Italy
Franca Viola’s abduction and rape was a watershed in improving the status of women in Italian society.
Redefining Rape: Estelle Freedman on the History of Sexual Violence
Redefining Rape charts the complex and shifting meaning of sexual violence in the United States.
Scale – Spectacle – Spectatorship: Space as a Category of Queer Analysis
Archives, exhibitions and historical sites operate as spaces through which ideas about LGBTQ identity can be renegotiated.
Eugenics and Intersex: The consequences of defining "normal" bodies
Decisions to limit life based on social or cultural biases contain dangerous eugenic possibilities.
Queer Domesticities: Matt Cook on Home Life, Family and Community in London
Matt Cook explores queer men’s experiences of home and homemaking in the metropolis.
Jeffrey Weeks reflects on "Sexual Politics in the Era of Reagan and Thatcher"
I can’t help thinking about the importance of having an open, exploratory, but consistent political and intellectual project.