When Men Meet: Homosexuality and Modernity

by Henning Bech

Book Overview

For sociologist Henning Bech, the image of the male homosexual has become emblematic of the modern urban condition, in which freedom and mobility contend with transience and superficiality, in which possibility, energy, and engagement vie with uncertainty and restlessness. In this powerful and frankly provocative critique, Bech skillfully examines the distinctive relationship between urban modernism and the gay experience, exploring in compelling...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226040224
• ISBN13: 9780226040226
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"