Books like Warm brothers by Robert Deam Tobin

Working from classic texts of European and American writers―including Melville, James, Nietzsche, Proust, and Wilde―Sedgwick analyzes a turn-of-the-century historical moment in which sexual orientation became as important a demarcation of personhood as gender had been for centuries. In her preface to this updated edition Sedgwick places the book both personally and historically, looking specifically at the horror of the first wave of the AIDS epidemic and its influence on the text.

A celebrated anthology of 30 gay and lesbian profiles that explore the intimate, often complex friendships between lesbians and gay men.

Brother to Brother is a celebrated literary collection of essays by black gay male writers, begun by Joseph Beam and finished by Essex Hemphill after Beam’s death. It won the Lambda Literary Award in 1991.

"In this study of the mapping and remapping of male-male sexuality over four centuries of Japanese history, Gregory Pflugfelder explores the languages of popular culture, law, and medicine from the seventeenth century through the American Occupation." "This multidisciplinary and theoretically engaged analysis will interest not only students and scholars of Japan but also readers of gay studies, literary studies, gender studies, and cultural studies."--BOOK JACKET.

Unspeakable ShaXXXspeares is a savvy look at the wide range of adaptations, spin-offs, and citations of Shakespeare's plays in 1990s popular culture. Documenting a fascinating array of Shakespearean citations that are so far from their originals that they no longer count as interpretations of the plays. Burt considers what Shakespeare enables American popular culture to do that it couldn't otherwise do without him, and scrutinizes academic fantasies about fandom and stardom. This book puts Shakespearean studies on the front burner of popular culture.

"Bringing together over sixty pre-modern Chinese primary sources on same-sex desire in English translation, Homoeroticism in Imperial China is an important addition to the growing field of the comparative history of sexuality and provides a window onto the continuous cultural relevance of same-sex desire in Chinese history. Negotiating what can be a challenging area for both specialists and non-specialists alike, this sourcebook provides: - accurate translations of key original extracts from classical Chinese - concise explanations of the context and significance of each entry - translations which preserve the aesthetic quality of the original sources An authoritative and well organised guide and introduction to the original Chinese sources, this sourcebook covers histories and philosophers, poetry, drama (including two complete plays), fiction (including four complete short stories and full chapters from longer novels) and miscellanies. Each of these sections are organised chronologically, and as well as the general introduction, short introductions are provided for each genre and source. Revealing what is a remarkably sophisticated and complex literary tradition, Homoeroticism in Imperial China is an essential sourcebook for students and scholars of Imperial Chinese history and culture and sexuality studies"--

A 1931 gay novel by Blair Niles that explores the emotionally intense friendship between a heterosexual woman and a gay man in 1920s–30s New York City.