When men meet
Subtitle: homosexualiity and modernity
By: Henning Bech ; translated by Teresa Mesquit and Tim Davies.
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
Subjects: Homosexuality, Male; Gay men
Description: When Men Meet represents both an analysis of the places in which encounters occur, but is also a metaphor for key aspects of modernity. In analysing the nature of the modern social world, Bech makes use of insights from Adorno and Benjamin.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-306) and index.