Los Invisibles : A History of Male Homosexuality in Spain, 1850-1940

Abstract

2nd ed. "Gender studies of Spain has thus far focused almost exclusively on women, leaving the social and political history of male homosexuality virtually untouched. 'Los Invisibles' fills this significant gap in the study of Spanish culture by analyzing the effects of medical and legal regulation on male homosexuals. Drawing from the discourse of medical history, Richard Cleminson and Francisco Vázquez García evaluate the impact of psychiatry, education, race, and the growth of gay subcultures on cultural representations of homosexuality in this pioneering study."--Publisher's website. Introduction -- The Birth of the 'Invert': a Truncated Process of Medicalization -- The Sexological Context, 1915-1939: Sexual Inversion, Marañón's 'Intersexuality' and the 'Social Dangerousness' of the Homosexual -- 'Quien Con Niños se Junta': Childhood and the Spectre of Homoerastia -- 'In Search of Men': Regeneracionismo and the Crisis of Masculinity (1898-1936) -- Homosexual Subcultures in Spain: the Intersection of Medicine, Politics and Identity -- Conclusion.