| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 270 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-270). |
| Contents |
"Secret confessions of a Parisian" / by Arthur W, The Countess (1874) -- "Loves" / by Anonymous, in Dr. Ambroise Tardieu's A Medical and legal study on assaults against morality (1867) -- "Observation I" / by Anonymous, in Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot and Dr. Valentin Magnan's Inversion of the sexual instinct (1881) -- "Autobiographical notes" / by Gustave L, in Dr. Paul Garnier's Madness in Paris (1890) -- "Autobiographical notes" / by Louis X, in Dr. Paul Garnier's The Fetishists (1895) -- "Letter to my parents" and "My autobiography" / by Antonio, in Dr. Andre Antheaume and Dr. Léon Parrot's A case of sexual inversion (1905) -- "Mental hermaphrodite and other autobiographical writings" / by Charles Double (1905) -- "The novel of an invert" / by Anonymous (1889, 1896). |
| Summary |
Gives readers a glimpse into the otherwise shrouded existences of gay men in nineteenth-century France. This work relates the experiences of a man about town, a cross-dressing entertainer, a troubled adolescent, and two fetishists, among others. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Gay men -- France -- Biography.
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Gay men. |
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France. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Male homosexuality -- France -- Case studies.
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Male homosexuality. |
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Gay men -- France -- History -- 19th century.
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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1800 - 1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Subject |
Gay men. |
| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Peniston, William A., 1959-
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Erber, Nancy, 1951-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Queer lives. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2007 9780803260368 0803260369 (DLC) 2007028544 (OCoLC)156902244 |
| ISBN |
9780803215733 (electronic book) |
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0803215738 (electronic book) |
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9780803260368 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0803260369 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
9786611092443 |
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