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John G. Champagne

John Champagne is Professor Emeritus at Penn State Erie, the Behrend College, USA.

The Italian Vice, Italy and the Invention of Modern Male Homosexuality

The Italian Vice, Italy and the Invention of Modern Male Homosexuality

This book reorients our understanding of the history of modern male homosexuality by focusing on Europe's 'internal Other': Italy. Spanning from the tail-end of the Grand Tour to the mid-fascist years, it argues that Italy was a time/space in which competing epistemologies of homosexuality confronted one another – precisely what characterizes 'modern' male same-sex love and attraction.

The Italian Vice, Italy and the Invention of Modern Male Homosexuality

The Italian Vice, Italy and the Invention of Modern Male Homosexuality

This book reorients our understanding of the history of modern male homosexuality by focusing on Europe's 'internal Other': Italy. Spanning from the tail-end of the Grand Tour to the mid-fascist years, it argues that Italy was a time/space in which competing epistemologies of homosexuality confronted one another – precisely what characterizes 'modern' male same-sex love and attraction.