{"product_id":"9780241370605-some-men-in-london-queer-life-1945-1959","title":"Some Men In London: Queer Life, 1945-1959","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**A \u003ci\u003eTIMES \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR**\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQuite simply, this book is a work of genius\u003c\/b\u003e - Matthew Parris, \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn essential study of post-war gay London life. one of the best anthologies I have ever read\u003c\/b\u003e - John Self, \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith it’s wide-ranging selection, generous biographical notes and provocative bibliography, \u003ci\u003eSome Men in London\u003c\/i\u003e is a serious and important contribution to our understanding of Britain up to today - \u003c\/b\u003eFiona Sampson, \u003ci\u003eThe Tablet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn absolutely extraordinary book … about actually what life was like for homosexual men in London in the 1940s and the 1950s… It’s amazing \u003c\/b\u003e- Dominic Sandbrook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first part of a major new anthology which uncovers the rich reality of life for queer men in London\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the 1940s, it was believed that homosexuality had been becoming more widespread in the aftermath of war. A moral panic ensued, centred around London as the place to which gay men gravitated.\u003cbr\u003eIn a major new anthology, Peter Parker explores what it was actually like for queer men in London in this period, whether they were well-known figures such as John Gielgud, ‘Chips’ Channon and E.M. Forster, or living lives of quiet – or occasionally rowdy – anonymity in pubs, clubs, more public places of assignation, or at home. It is rich with letters, diaries, psychological textbooks, novels, films, plays and police records, covering a wide range of viewpoints, from those who deplored homosexuality to those who campaigned for its decriminalisation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis first volume, from 1945 to 1959, details a community forced to live at constant risk of blackmail or prison. Yet it also shows a thriving and joyous subculture, one that enriched a mainstream culture often ignorant of its debt to gay creators. \u003ci\u003eSome Men In London\u003c\/i\u003e is a testament to queer life, which was always much more complex than newspapers, governments and the Metropolitan Police Force imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41540072046689,"sku":"9780241370605","price":27.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32374684.jpg?v=1741175032","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241370605-some-men-in-london-queer-life-1945-1959","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}