Benno Gammerl
Benno Gammerl is Professor of History of Gender and Sexuality and the European University Institute in Florence. Before joining the Institute, he helped to establish the Centre for Queer History at Goldsmiths, University of London. He engages with postcolonial and feminist theories, queer approaches, oral history methods and the history of emotions.
Books by Benno Gammerl
Interviews with Benno Gammerl
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Transgender History: The Roots of Today's Revolution
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Queer London
by Matt Houlbrook -
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Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community
by Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy & Madeline D. Davis -
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Not Straight, Not White: Black Gay Men from the March on Washington to the AIDS Crisis
by Kevin Mumford -
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How Soon is Now? Medieval Texts, Amateur Readers and the Queerness of Time
by Carolyn Dinshaw
The best books on Queer History, recommended by Benno Gammerl
The best books on Queer History, recommended by Benno Gammerl
Queer history is not simply about exploring the historical incidence of non-heteronormative sexual desire and experience. It is also a way of looking at the past and of placing gender and sexuality at the heart of historical change. Here, Benno Gammerl, professor of Gender and Sexuality at the European University Institute, explains.
