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The Third Sex Willy
The Third Sex
Willy
A gold mine of information about a hidden queer culture
Thirty-two years before Simone de Beauvoir's classic The Second Sex, popular French novelist Willy published The Third Sex, a vivid description of the world of European homosexuals in France, Italy, and Germany during the late 1920s. Stepping directly into the heart of gay men's culture, Willy follows homosexual nightlife into music halls, nightclubs, casinos, bars, and saunas. While he finds plenty of drug and alcohol abuse, he also discovers homosexual publishers, scientific societies, group rivalries, and opinions--both medical and political--about the nature of homosexuality itself. Lawrence R. Schehr's introduction provides context and translator's notes for this first-ever English edition.
152 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 13, 2007 |
| ISBN13 | 9780252032165 |
| Publishers | University of Illinois Press |
| Pages | 152 |
| Dimensions | 237 × 160 × 19 mm · 381 g |
| Language | English |
| Translator | Schehr, Lawrence R. |
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