The Trials of Madame Restell
- 352pages
- 13 heures de lecture
Nicholas L. Syrett Ordre des livres
Nicholas L. Syrett est un historien axé sur l'histoire américaine des 19e et 20e siècles. Son travail explore les thèmes complexes de la sexualité, du genre et de la société, révélant des récits cachés et examinant l'évolution des institutions historiques et des normes sociales. L'approche de Syrett repose sur une recherche méticuleuse, et ses écrits éclairent souvent des aspects moins connus de la vie et de l'histoire américaines.
- 2023
- 2021
An Open Secret
- 218pages
- 8 heures de lecture
"An Open Secret traces the history of philanthropist Robert Allerton and his companion, John Wyatt Gregg, whom Allerton formally adopted as his son in 1960, after decades of living together. Yet why did these two men, who appear to be a gay couple from our view today, choose to project a father/son relationship? Syrett argues that in a period of both rising homosexual openness and social disapproval, the men had to find an alternative public logic for their situation. Whether or not Allerton and Gregg had sex with each other, they were undoubtedly a queer union: two high-society men who did not affirm traditional notions of partnership or couplehood"--