Description
Research into homosexuality in Spain is in its infancy. The last ten or fifteen years have seen a proliferation of studies on gender in Spain but much of this work has concentrated on women's history, literature and femininity. In contrast to existing research which concentrates on literature and literary figures, Los Invisibles focuses on the change in cultural representation of same-sex activity of through medicalisation, social and political anxieties about race and the late emergence of homosexual sub-cultures in the last quarter of the twentieth century. As such, this book constitutes an analysis of discourses and ideas from a social history and medical history position. Much of the research for the book was supported by a grant from the Wellcome Trust to research the medicalisation of homosexuality in Spain. A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via the OAPEN Library platform. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license and is part of the OAPEN-UK research project.
About the Author
Dr. Cleminson is a Senior Lecturer in Spanish at the University of Leeds. He has previously published books in both English and Spanish for Spanish and UK publishers including Huerga and Fierro and Peter Lang. Prof. Vazquez Garcia is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cadiz. He has published widely for various Spanish publishers and university presses. Francisco Vazquez Garcia is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cadiz. He has published widely on Foucault, Bourdieu and the history of sexuality and the self.
Reviews
'[it] covers ground which is completely untouched in English-language Hispanism or, indeed, in the History of Sexuality generally and which is only very partially covered in specialist, short works in Spanish.' Chris Perriam, Professor of Hispanic Studies, University of Manchester.
Book Information
ISBN 9780708320129
Author Richard Cleminson
Format Hardback
Page Count 208
Imprint University of Wales Press
Publisher University of Wales Press
Weight(grams) 513g
About the Author
Dr. Cleminson is a Senior Lecturer in Spanish at the University of Leeds. He has previously published books in both English and Spanish for Spanish and UK publishers including Huerga and Fierro and Peter Lang. Prof. Vazquez Garcia is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cadiz. He has published widely for various Spanish publishers and university presses. Francisco Vazquez Garcia is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cadiz. He has published widely on Foucault, Bourdieu and the history of sexuality and the self.
Reviews
'[it] covers ground which is completely untouched in English-language Hispanism or, indeed, in the History of Sexuality generally and which is only very partially covered in specialist, short works in Spanish.' Chris Perriam, Professor of Hispanic Studies, University of Manchester.
Book Information
ISBN 9780708320129
Author Richard Cleminson
Format Hardback
Page Count 208
Imprint University of Wales Press
Publisher University of Wales Press
Weight(grams) 513g
