An Open Secret: The Family Story of Robert and John Gregg Allerton
Nicholas L. Syrett
"An Open Secret traces the history of philanthropist Robert Allerton and his companion, John Wyatt Gregg, whom Allerton formally adopted as his son in 1960, after decades of living together. Yet why did these two men, who appear to be a gay couple from our view today, choose to project a father/son relationship? Syrett argues that in a period of both rising homosexual openness and social disapproval, the men had to find an alternative public logic for their situation. Whether or not Allerton and Gregg had sex with each other, they were undoubtedly a queer union: two high-society men who did not affirm traditional notions of partnership or couplehood"--
Rok:
2021
Wydawnictwo:
University of Chicago Press
Język:
english
Strony:
218
ISBN 10:
022676155X
ISBN 13:
9780226761558
Plik:
PDF, 5.42 MB
IPFS:
,
english, 2021
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