Homosexuality in French History and Culture

Explore Gay And Lesbian Issues In France - From The Renaissance To The New Millennium; Looking at French history from the 16th century through to the 21st, this book analyses the ways homosexuality has been named, experienced, regulated, understood and imagined in French culture, alongside analysing numerous stereotypes and anxieties about separation, class and age differences and gender roles. Combining fresh, creative re-interpretation of literary classics with exciting new explorations of long-neglected historical episodes and cultures, this landmark work of scholarship stands as a vital resource for scholars of queer theory, French history and culture, and literary criticism.