Homosexual Desire in Revolutionary Russia: The Regulation of Sexual and Gender Dissent (Chicago History of American Civilization (Paperback))

Type

Book

Authors

Dan Healey

ISBN 10

0226322343

ISBN 13

9780226322346

Tags

History, Bisexuality, Historical Study & Educational Resources, Russia, World, Gay & Lesbian, Sociology, Europe, Gay & Lesbian Studies

Description

The first full-length study of same-sex love in any period of Russian or Soviet history, Homosexual Desire in Revolutionary Russia investigates the private worlds of sexual dissidents during the pivotal decades before and after the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. Using records and archives available to researchers only since the fall of Communism, Dan Healey revisits the rich homosexual subcultures of St. Petersburg and Moscow, illustrating the ambiguous attitude of the late Tsarist regime and revolutionary rulers toward gay men and lesbians. Homosexual Desire in Revolutionary Russia reveals a world of ordinary Russians who lived extraordinary lives and records the voices of a long-silenced minority. - from Amzon

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