A little gay history : desire and diversity across the world / R.B. Parkinson ; with contributions by Kate Smith and Max Carocci.

Documents the history of homosexuality and its representation in art, using objects from the British Museum's collection that date from 9000 BC to the present to illustrate how same-sex love has always been a part of human history.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Parkinson, R. B. (Author)
Smith, Kate, 1981- (Author)
Carocci, Max (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Homosexuality > History.
Homosexuality in art.
Homosexuality in literature.
Sex customs > History.
Physical Description:128 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits, facsimiles, photographs ; 19 cm
Variant Title:
Desire and diversity across the world.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • "A great unrecorded history." Words and labels ; Formed by culture ; Changing attitudes ; "Queering" history
  • Glimpses of a history
  • (Re-)writing histories.