Places of tenderness and heat : the queer milieu of fin-de-siècle St. Petersburg /
"The emphasis of this book is as much on the routine behaviors of queer men, ranging from informal socialization to outright sexual transgression, as it is about the efforts of constables, administrators, government officials, and sanitary inspectors to maintain moral order. Petri describes a s...
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| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Ithaca, New York Cornell University Press 2022. |
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| Online Access: | Click here for full text |
| Summary: | "The emphasis of this book is as much on the routine behaviors of queer men, ranging from informal socialization to outright sexual transgression, as it is about the efforts of constables, administrators, government officials, and sanitary inspectors to maintain moral order. Petri describes a surprisingly stable entente between illicit communion and municipal authorities' paternalistic ambitions" |
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| Item Description: | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 27, 2022). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 254 pages) illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9781501763786 1501763784 9781501763793 1501763792 |
| Author Notes: | Olga Petri is a Leverhulme/Newton Trust Early Career Research Fellow in the Department of Geography at the University of Cambridge. Follow her on Twitter @olga_petri |