Books by Kevin Mumford
“The book does definitely manage to come up with a very sophisticated view of black gay activism, and black gay activists, between what often has been described as the homophobia of civil rights activism …. There was this kind of exclusion of homosexuals from the black civil rights movement.” Read more...
The best books on Queer History
Benno Gammerl, Historian
Interviews where books by Kevin Mumford were recommended
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Transgender History: The Roots of Today's Revolution
by Susan Stryker -
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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.
