TY - BOOK AU - Higgs,David TI - Queer sites: gay urban histories since 1600 SN - 0203171292 AV - HQ76 .Q43 1999eb U1 - 305.38/96642 21 PY - 1999/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Gay men KW - History KW - Social life and customs KW - City and town life KW - Public spaces KW - Urban parks KW - Homosexuels masculins KW - Histoire KW - MÅ“urs et coutumes KW - Vie urbaine KW - Espaces publics KW - Parcs urbains KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Gender Studies KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-208) and index; Paris / Michael D. Sibalis -- Moscow / Dan Healey -- Amsterdam / Gert Hekma -- London / Randolph Trumbach -- Lisbon / David Higgs -- Rio de Janeiro / David Higgs -- San Francisco / Les Wright N2 - There are areas which can be described as gay space in that they have many lesbians and gays in the population. Queerspace: A History of Urban Sexuality, edited by David Higgs, offers a history of gay space in the major cities form the early modern period to the present. The book focuses on the changing nature of queer experience in London, Amsterdam, Rio de Janiero, San Francisco, Paris, Lisbon and Moscow. This book provides an interdisciplinary analysis of extensive source material, including diaries, poems, legal accounts and journalism. By concentrating the importance of the c UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=60756 ER -