{"product_id":"some-men-in-london-vol-1-queer-life-1945-1959","title":"Some Men In London Vol. 1 Queer Life 1945-1959","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first part of a major new anthology which uncovers the rich reality of life for queer men in London\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the 1940s, it was believed that homosexuality had been becoming more widespread in the aftermath of war. A moral panic ensued, centred around London as the place to which gay men gravitated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a major new anthology, Peter Parker explores what it was actually like for queer men in London in this period, whether they were well-known figures such as John Gielgud, ‘Chips’ Channon and E.M. Forster, or living lives of quiet – or occasionally rowdy – anonymity in pubs, clubs, more public places of assignation, or at home. It is rich with letters, diaries, psychological textbooks, novels, films, plays and police records, covering a wide range of viewpoints, from those who deplored homosexuality to those who campaigned for its decriminalisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis first volume, from 1945 to 1959, details a community forced to live at constant risk of blackmail or prison. Yet it also shows a thriving and joyous subculture, one that enriched a mainstream culture often ignorant of its debt to gay creators. \u003ci\u003eSome Men In London\u003c\/i\u003e is a testament to queer life, which was always much more complex than newspapers, governments and the Metropolitan Police Force imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44481110376513,"sku":"9780241370612","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0125\/3179\/3984\/files\/9780241370612.jpg?v=1787788669","url":"https:\/\/qagoma.store\/products\/some-men-in-london-vol-1-queer-life-1945-1959","provider":"QAGOMA Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}