A Queer Inheritance Alternative Histories in the National Trust
A Queer Inheritance Alternative Histories in the National Trust | 17.87 MB
Title: A Queer Inheritance
Author: Michael Hall
Category: Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Reference, Travel, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
Language: English | 432 Pages | ISBN: 178130114X
LGBTQ+ histories and identities come out of the National Trust’s properties in these touching, poignant and revealing stories.
National Trust houses and landscapes might seem to embody conventional family values, but for generations some very different stories were hidden away. These belong to owners now considered queer for defying the norms of sexual orientation or gender identity – sometimes blatantly, occasionally as open secrets, but most often very discreetly.
Michael Hall explores not only the best-known examples of sexual difference, such as Lawrence of Arabia at Clouds Hill, Vita Sackville-West at Sissinghurst and the ‘Dancing Mauess’ at Plas Newydd; he also covers more recently unveiled stories, such as the lesbian community at Smallhythe and the homosexual scandals associated with Clumber. Then there were the quietly confirmed bachelors, keen to pass their properties and collections to the Trust for posterity…
These stories are set…
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