Scott Gunther, The Elastic Closet: A History of Homosexualitiy in France (Palgrave, January 2009)
The Elastic Closet offers
a compelling analysis of the legal imperatives and the social climate
that have helped regulate homosexuality in France since the Second
World War. Not only does Gunther analyze homosexuality from a
"top-down" perspective, but he also delineates the different ways that
homosexuals defined themselves and their relationship to the national
polity. This study, which will interest students of gender
and
sexuality, French history and culture, and legal studies, suggests how
the distinctive political culture of France has created unique
opportunities and challenges for homosexuals over time in their
struggle to attain equality.
–
Bryant Ragan, The Colorado College,
co-editor
of Homosexuality in
Modern France
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