Description: Introduces and surveys the ways in which historians and others have researched and written about the lesbian, gay and 'queer' past.
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Heiko Feldner is Senior Lecturer in Modern German History at Cardiff University, UK.
Heiko Feldner is co-director of the Centre for Ideology Critique and Zizek Studies at Cardiff University, UK. He is also the General Editor of Bloomsbury's Writing History series on historiography and historical theory, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, London. A former lecturer in the departments of political economy and history at the University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany, he has written several books, including Zizek: Beyond Foucault (with F. Vighi, Palgrave 2007).Review Quotes: ""A powerful and highly readable overview of the new queer history, showing a wonderful grasp of the literature, the debates, the intersecting influences, the movement and wider cultural context, the politics, and perhaps above all the personal meanings and commitment. An essential guide."" --Jeffrey Weeks, Emeritus Professor of Sociology London South Bank University, London