Straight

Straight
Author: Hanne Blank
Publisher: Beacon Press
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2012-01-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 080704444X

It's surprising that the term "heterosexuality" is less than 150 years old and that heterosexuality's history has never before been written, given how obsessed we are with it. In Straight, independent scholar Hanne Blank delves deep into the contemporary psyche as well as the historical record to chronicle the realm of heterosexual relations--a subject that is anything but straight and narrow. Consider how Catholic monasticism, the reading of novels, the abolition of slavery, leisure time, divorce, and constipation of the bowels have all at some time been labeled enemies of the heterosexual state. With an extensive historical scope and plenty of juicy details and examples, Straight provides a fascinating look at the vagaries, schisms, and contradictions of what has so often been perceived as an irreducible fact of nature.

Cities in Evolution

Cities in Evolution
Author: Sir Patrick Geddes
Publisher: London, Williams
Total Pages: 446
Release: 1915
Genre: Cities and towns
ISBN:

Legal Tender

Legal Tender
Author: John Griffith Urang
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2010
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780801476532

Through close readings of a diverse selection of films and novels from the former GDR, Urang offers an eye-opening account of the ideological stakes of love stories in East German culture.