{"product_id":"some-men-in-london-queer-life-1945-1959","title":"Some Men in London: Queer Life, 1945-1959","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the 1940s, it was believed that homosexuality had been becoming more widespread in the aftermath of war. A moral panic ensued, centred around London as the place to which gay men gravitated.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a major new anthology, Peter Parker explores what it was actually like for queer men in London in this period, whether they were well-known figures such as John Gielgud, ‘Chips’ Channon and E.M. Forster, or living lives of quiet – or occasionally rowdy – anonymity in pubs, clubs, more public places of assignation, or at home. It is rich with letters, diaries, psychological textbooks, novels, films, plays and police records, covering a wide range of viewpoints, from those who deplored homosexuality to those who campaigned for its decriminalisation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis first volume, from 1945 to 1959, details a community forced to live at constant risk of blackmail or prison. Yet it also shows a thriving and joyous subculture, one that enriched a mainstream culture often ignorant of its debt to gay creators. \u003cem\u003eSome Men In London\u003c\/em\u003e is a testament to queer life, which was always much more complex than newspapers, governments and the Metropolitan Police Force imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSecond volume \u003ca href=\"\/products\/some-men-in-london-queer-life-1960-1967\"\u003ethere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[publisher's note]\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57358361297236,"sku":"A8B-37779","price":22.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1072\/9609\/6596\/files\/somen_20men_201945.jpg?v=1790814947","url":"https:\/\/after8books.com\/products\/some-men-in-london-queer-life-1945-1959","provider":"After 8 Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}