Los Invisibles by Cleminson, Francisco Vasquez Garcia

Synopsis

Gender studies of Spain has thus far focused almost exclusively on women, leaving the social and political history of male homosexuality virtually untouched. 'Los Invisibles' fills this significant gap in the study of Spanish culture by analyzing the effects of medical and legal regulation on male homosexuals. Drawing from the discourse of medical history, Richard Cleminson and Francisco Vázquez García evaluate the impact of psychiatry, education, race, and the growth of gay subcultures on cultural representations of homosexuality in this pioneering study.

Biography

Richard Cleminson is a senior lecturer in Spanish at the University of Leeds and the author of Anarchism, Science and Sex: Eugenics in Eastern Spain, 1900–1937. Francisco Vázquez García is professor of philosophy at the University of Cadiz and the author of Historia de la Prostitución en Andalucía.