Marc-Andrae Raffalovich's Uranism and Unisexuality

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Raffalovich's 1896 magnum opus of sexology, Uranism and Unisexuality (never before translated into English until now), provides an ethical justification for same-sex desire. Drawing on cross-cultural and transhistorical narratives, the gentleman scholar argues for the rights of the homosexual in society and its responsibility to him. Editor(s): Erber, Nancy; Peniston, William A.; Healy, Philip; Roden, Frederick S., AOJN. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 324 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSJ; JFSK; JHBK5; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 648. . 2015. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers V9781137451385

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Nancy Erber is Professor Emerita of Modern Language at City University of New York, USA. A specialist in fin-de-siècle literature, she edited an anthology with George Robb, Disorder in the Court: Trials and Sexual Conflict at the Turn of the Century. She also translated and edited Queer Lives: Men's Autobiographies from Nineteenth-Century France and Bougres de vies: huit homosexuels se racontent with William A. Peniston.

William A. Peniston is Librarian and Archivist at the Newark Museum, USA, and the author of Pederasts and Others: Urban Culture and Sexual Identity in Nineteenth-Century Paris.

Philip Healy is Emeritus Fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford University, UK. From 2000 to 2010, he was Director of Public Programmes at Oxford University Department for Continuing Education. He has edited John Gray's novella, Park: A Fantastic Story, and is currently working on an edition of the correspondence of André Raffalovich and John Gray.

Frederick S. Roden is Associate Professor of English at the University of Connecticut, USA. He is author of Same-Sex Desire in Victorian Religious Culture and editor of Palgrave Advances: Oscar Wilde Studies, Catholic Figures, Queer Narratives, and Jewish/Christian/Queer: Crossroads and Identities.