Queer Beyond London - Lgbtq Stories From Four English Cities

With a foreword by Andrew McMillan

An alternative celebration of LGBTQ history in Britain, offering tales of queer life from four cities.

When it comes to queer British history, London has stolen the limelight. But what about the millions of queer lives lived elsewhere?

In Queer beyond London, two leading LGBTQ historians take you on a journey through four English cities from the sixties to the noughties, exploring the northern post-industrial heartlands and taking in the salty air of the seaside cities of the south.

Covering the bohemian, artsy world of Brighton, the semi-hidden queer life of military Plymouth, the lesbian activism of Leeds and the cutting-edge dance and drag scenes of Manchester, they show how local people, places and politics shaped LGBTQ life in each city, forging vibrant and distinctive queer cultures of their own.

About the author

Matt Cook is Jonathan Cooper Chair of the History of Sexuality at Mansfield College, University of Oxford

Product details

• Authors: Matt Cook, Matt Oram Cook, Cook Matt, Alison Oram, Oram Alison
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.11.2024
• EAN: 9781526181442
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-8144-2
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Oral History, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Of specific Gay & Lesbian interest, British & Irish history, Social and cultural history, Relating to gay people, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Sexuality