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The third sex

Title: The third sex / Willy ; translated and with an introduction and notes by Lawrence R. Schehr.
Author: Willy, 1859-1931
Publication: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2007]

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Description

xii, 138 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"This first-ever English edition of The Third Sex provides a goldmine of information about hidden gay culture and an unrivaled personal record of European mores between world wars. In describing some of the most conspicuous homosexual personalities of the era, including the champion for tolerance Dr. Magnus Hirschfield and the transvestite American trapeze artist Barbettee, Willy is notoriously free from prudery. An introduction and copious notes by translator Lawrence R. Schehr supply important background on these colorful personalities throughout the text. In guiding readers through Willy's breezy and witty narrative, Schehr unpacks the fascinating and delightful puns buried in this first-hand account of gay men's culture."--Jacket.

Uniform Title

Troisieme Sexe. English

Alternative Title

Troisieme Sexe.

Subject

Note

Translation of: Le Troisieme Sexe.
Translated from the French.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [131]-132) and index.

Contents

Looking across the borders -- A bit of psychology -- Some leaders -- The tour for the "curious" -- Varied opinions -- Androgynous literature -- Epilogue.

ISBN

9780252032165
0252032160
9780252092909 (epub) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2007019332

OCLC

ocn131064566
131064566
SCSB-14692340

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library