The first extensive study of gay and lesbian historical fiction, this book demonstrates how the highly popular sub-genre helps us understand gay and lesbian history. It shows not only why the sub-genre should be taken more seriously by historians but also how it implicitly works to ameliorate divisions between Christianity and homosexuality.
Table of Content
Can We Talk? Spot the Homo: Definitions Revisionist Histories from Mysterious Hauntings Coming-Out Stories as Conversion Narratives Chosen Communities: Familiar Stories from Strange Bedfellows Romancing the Past: The Uses of Identification
About the author
NORMAN W. JONES is Assistant Professor of English at The Ohio State University, USA.
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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 218 ● ISBN 9780230604858 ● File size 1.0 MB ● Publisher Palgrave Macmillan US ● City New York ● Country US ● Published 2007 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 2306792 ● Copy protection Social DRM