Cracks in the Iron Closet

Cracks in the Iron Closet
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 332
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ISBN-10 : 0226815684
ISBN-13 : 9780226815688
Rating : 4/5 (688 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Cracks in the Iron Closet by : David Tuller

Download or read book Cracks in the Iron Closet written by David Tuller and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1997-11-24 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Tuller provides the first look into the emotional and sexual lives of Russian lesbians and gays and the pervasive influence of the state on gay life. Part travelogue, part social history, and part journalistic inquiry, the book challenges our assumptions about what it means to be gay. The book also explores key issues in Russia and Soviet life, including concepts of friendship, community, gender, love, fate, and the relationship between the public and private spheres. "Tuller's observant reporting and personal experiences make for absorbing reading: the human comedy rendered in unexpected ways."—New Yorker "Anyone who thinks San Francisco is the world capital of sexual polymorphism should read this book."—Adam Goodheart, Washington Post "[This book is] is profoundly moving."—Jim Van Buskirk, San Francisco Chronicle


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