Through an explanation of forty figures in European culture, ^The Seduction of the Mediterranean> argues that the Mediterranean, classical and contemporary, was the central theme in homoerotic writing and art from the 1750s to the 1950s. Episodes of exile, murder, drug-taking, wild homosexual orgies and court cases are woven into an original study of a significant theme in European culture. The myth of a homoerotic Mediterranean made a major contribution to general attitudes towards Antiquity, the Renaissance and modern Italy and Greece.
ISBN: | 9780415032278 |
Publication date: | 2nd September 1993 |
Author: | Robert Aldrich |
Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
Format: | Hardback |
Pagination: | 259 pages |
Genres: |
Regional / International studies Gender studies, gender groups LGBTQ+ / Gay and Lesbian Studies Social and cultural history |