Mother Clap's Molly House: The Gay Subculture in England, 1700-1830GMP, 1992 - 302 Seiten This pioneering historical study is the first comprehensive chronicle of the English gay community at its 18th-century roots, sporting for the first time a distinctive subculture with its "molly houses", "sodomites' walks", "maiden names" and gay slang. Rictor Norton's research into trial records and contemporary documents establishes a vital cornerstone for the reconstruction of gay history. Challenging in its demonstration that the molly subculture was primarily a working-class community of blacksmiths, milkmen, publicans and shopkeepers, Mother Clap's Molly House also records the exuberant lives of personalities such as Charles Hitchin the "thief-taker", the dramatists Samuel Foote and Isaac Bickerstaff, William Beckford of Fonthill, and Rev. John Church, prosecuted for his blessing of gay marriages. All these are set against a backdrop of persecution, blackmail and the pillory. And yes, "Mother Clap's" actually was the name of a prominent molly house! |
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... Nature to supply his lascivious Necessities . Such a sentiment is rarely put into print - and perhaps never so ... natures . No enemy is so monstrous as that which one fears lurking within oneself . Homophobia is highly specific to the ...
... Nature to supply his lascivious Necessities . Such a sentiment is rarely put into print - and perhaps never so ... natures . No enemy is so monstrous as that which one fears lurking within oneself . Homophobia is highly specific to the ...
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... nature from all other crimes , a crime committed by a different race from mere mortals , a crime which merited a severer form of punishment than even the most violent murder or rape . This ruthless and hardhearted attitude was not ...
... nature from all other crimes , a crime committed by a different race from mere mortals , a crime which merited a severer form of punishment than even the most violent murder or rape . This ruthless and hardhearted attitude was not ...
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... Nature , each dear little Creature , Of soft and effeminate sight , See above what your fate is , and ' ere it too late is , Oh , learn to be all in the Right . Tol de rol . On the Fair of our Isle see the graces all smile , All our ...
... Nature , each dear little Creature , Of soft and effeminate sight , See above what your fate is , and ' ere it too late is , Oh , learn to be all in the Right . Tol de rol . On the Fair of our Isle see the graces all smile , All our ...
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Introduction | 9 |
Queen James and His Courtiers 15 1992 | 15 |
The Birth of the Subculture | 32 |
Urheberrecht | |
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