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Tag: literature
Queer China: Lesbian and Gay Literature and Visual Culture
Queer China reveals a vibrant picture of queer communities and cultures since their inception in post-Mao China.
Sex, Time and Place: Queer Histories of London, c.1850 to the Present
How do we ‘do’ queer history and how might it be constituted in multi- and interdisciplinary terms?
The World and Other Unpublished Works of Radclyffe Hall
New archival materials that broaden and complicate our understanding of Radclyffe Hall.
Remembrance of Things Past: A Novelist Reflects on the Politics of Intergenerational Sex
Sarah Schulman on changing attitudes towards intergenerational sex within the queer community.
Found in Translation: How Sexual Debates Developed Across the Modern World
Sexual science emerged contemporaneously in Europe, Asia, Peru, and the Middle East.
Her Virginal Members: Chastity and Sexual Desire in the Middle-Ages
Aelred of Rievaulx’s writings help us to understand medieval experiences of sex and sexual desire.
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