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Forbidden Lives

By Norena Shopland

Forbidden Lives

By Norena Shopland

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Forbidden Lives is a fascinating collection of portraits and discussions that aims to populate LGBT gaps in the history of Wales, a much neglected part of Welsh heritage. In it Norena Shopland reviews the reasons for this neglect while outlining the activity behind the recent growth of the LGBT profile here. She also surveys LGBT people and their activity as far back as Giraldus Cambrensis' Journey Through Wales in the twelfth century where he reports on 'bearded women' and other hermaphrodites. There is still plenty of work to do, as chapters on the responses to Pride in Wales and the first gay play, We All Fall Down, clearly show. But the stories of the people portrayed in the book are less likely to be repeated: the LGBT community has moved from living forbidden lives to a place largely less forbidding. Norena Shopland helps us understand the struggle which achieved these changes.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
256
Release Date:
2018-01-01
Publication Date:
2017-11-17
Publisher:
Seren Books
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1781724105
ISBN13:
9781781724101
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
292 g
Height:
133 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
14 cm
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