Homintern: How Gay Culture Liberated the Modern World

by Gregory Woods

Book Overview

A landmark account of gay and lesbian creative networks and the seismic changes they brought to twentieth-century culture

In a hugely ambitious study which crosses continents, languages, and almost a century, Gregory Woods identifies the ways in which homosexuality has helped shape Western culture. Extending from the trials of Oscar Wilde to the gay liberation era, this book examines a period in which increased visibility made acceptance...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300218036
• ISBN13: 9780300218039
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.3"