{"product_id":"queer-communism-and-the-ministry-of-love-sexual-revolution-in-british-writing-of-the-1930s-9781474454858","title":"Queer Communism and the Ministry of Love: Sexual Revolution in British Writing of the 1930s","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new reading of the sexual politics of 1930s leftist prose genres\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is well known that many of the best-known queer writers of the 1930s were involved with leftist politics. Why, then, has there been no extended examination of this striking juncture of dissident sex and socialism? \u003ci\u003eQueer Communism and the Ministry of Love\u003c\/i\u003e addresses this question, among others, to transform current narratives of midcentury literary, cultural, and intellectual history from a queer Marxist perspective. It provides a unique exploration of the transnational formation of queer leftist writing in 1930s Britain informed by detailed research on Weimar Berlin, Civil War Spain and the Soviet Union.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKey Features: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRearticulates major figures with lesser known authorsA unique exploration of the transnational formation of queer leftist writing in 1930s Britain informed by detailed research on Weimar Berlin, British, and the Soviet Union A queer Marxist critique of anti-fascist fiction and the sexual politics of midcentury Britain Redefines our understanding of 1930s literary history, queer theory, and Marxism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Glyn Salton-Cox\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/27\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 5.60w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474454858\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlyn Salton-Cox is Assistant Professor of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Amongst other publications, his work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eModern Language Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCritical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eComparative Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTwentieth-Century Communism\u003c\/i\u003e, and is forthcoming in \u003ci\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to British Literature of the 1930s\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Cambridge History of 1930s British Literature\u003c\/i\u003e. He is currently working on a monograph on the cultural, literary, and intellectual history of the lumpenproletariat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45125219090547,"sku":"9781474454858","price":54.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_8dbdeb30-6ced-42d7-ab8a-2fc33542fb75.jpg?v=1782232381","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/queer-communism-and-the-ministry-of-love-sexual-revolution-in-british-writing-of-the-1930s-9781474454858","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}