Little Gay History
Subtitle: Desire and Diversity Across the World
Publisher: British Museum Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780714151007
Subjects: Homosexuality; Sex customs; Mediterranean region, history
Description: How old is the oldest chat-up line between men? Who was the first lesbian? Were ancient Greek men who had sex together necessarily gay? And what did Shakespeare think about cross-dressing? 'A Little Gay History' takes objects ranging from ancient Egyptian papyri and the erotic scenes on the Roman Warren Cup to images by modern artists including David Hockney and Bhupen Khakhar to consider questions such as these.