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Queer City

by Peter Ackroyd
Will Watt
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In Queer City, the acclaimed Peter Ackroyd looks at London in a whole new way–through the complete history and experiences of its gay and lesbian population. In Roman Londinium, the city was dotted with lupanaria ("wolf dens" or public pleasure houses), fornices (brothels), and thermiae (hot baths). Then came the Emperor Constantine, with his bishops, monks, and missionaries. And so began an endless loop of alternating permissiveness and censure. Ackroyd takes us right into the hidden history of the city; from the notorious Normans to the frenzy of executions for sodomy in the early nineteenth century. He journeys through the coffee bars of sixties Soho to Gay Liberation, disco music, and the horror of AIDS. Ackroyd reveals the hidden story of London, with its diversity, thrills, and energy, as well as its terrors, dangers, and risks, and in doing so, explains the origins of all English-speaking gay culture.

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Publisher: ABRAMS Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781683354338
  • File size: 194907 KB
  • Release date: May 11, 2018
  • Duration: 06:46:03

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  • ISBN: 9781683354338
  • File size: 194931 KB
  • Release date: May 11, 2018
  • Duration: 06:48:02
  • Number of parts: 7
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LGBTQIA+ (Nonfiction) History Sociology Nonfiction

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In Queer City, the acclaimed Peter Ackroyd looks at London in a whole new way–through the complete history and experiences of its gay and lesbian population. In Roman Londinium, the city was dotted with lupanaria ("wolf dens" or public pleasure houses), fornices (brothels), and thermiae (hot baths). Then came the Emperor Constantine, with his bishops, monks, and missionaries. And so began an endless loop of alternating permissiveness and censure. Ackroyd takes us right into the hidden history of the city; from the notorious Normans to the frenzy of executions for sodomy in the early nineteenth century. He journeys through the coffee bars of sixties Soho to Gay Liberation, disco music, and the horror of AIDS. Ackroyd reveals the hidden story of London, with its diversity, thrills, and energy, as well as its terrors, dangers, and risks, and in doing so, explains the origins of all English-speaking gay culture.

Expand title description text
LGBTQIA+ (Nonfiction) History Sociology Nonfiction
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    Publisher:
    ABRAMS
    Edition:
    Unabridged

    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    ISBN: 9781683354338
    File size: 194907 KB
    Release date: May 11, 2018
    Duration: 06:46:03

    MP3 audiobook
    ISBN: 9781683354338
    File size: 194931 KB
    Release date: May 11, 2018
    Duration: 06:48:02
    Number of parts: 7

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