Cook / Oram Queer beyond London

LGBTQ stories from four English cities
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-5261-4587-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 376 Seiten

Explores and compares the queer dimensions of four English cities – Manchester, Leeds, Plymouth, and Brighton

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cook, Matt

Oram, Alison

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Sexualpsychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction by Matt Cook and Alison Oram
Part I: Queer Cities by Matt Cook
1. Britain’s Queer Playground: Swings and roundabouts in Brighton
2. Split Scenes in Leeds
3. Gay and civic pride in ‘Madchester’
4. Naval Gazing in Plymouth
Maps
Part II: Queer Comparisons by Alison Oram
5. Circling Around: Migration and the Queer City
6. Urban Accommodation: Queer Homes, Households and Families
7. Making History, Memories and Community
Epilogue
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Professor Matt Cook is a historian based at Birkbeck, University of London. He works mainly on LGBTQ history and his books include London and the Culture of Homosexuality and Queer Domesticities.

Alison Oram is Professor Emerita at Leeds Beckett University where she was based before joining the University of London's Institute of Historical Research as a Senior Research Fellow. She wrote Her Husband was a Woman! and co-edited the landmark Lesbian History Sourcebook.

Together, Alison and Matt wrote the National Trust's first LGBTQ guide book, Prejudice and Pride.