{"product_id":"legacies-of-love","title":"Legacies of Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e Legacies of Love (Paperback, 222 pages) – The Haworth Press, 2008. Language: English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eLegacies of Love: A Heritage of Queer Bonding presents a fascinating study of human relationships through the remarkable love stories of famous gays and lesbians around the world and throughout history. Winston Wilde, sexologist and psychotherapist author, examines human bonding patterns using factual case studies of famous same-sex relationships. Expertly weaving reference and narrative, Wilde shows a spectrum of authentic, unembellished, and captivating gay and lesbian relationships that defied cultural, generational, and social barriers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis encyclopedic book covers both well known and surprising same-sex affairs of renowned figures like Oscar Wilde, Margaret Mead, Rita Mae Brown, Leonardo da Vinci, Alexander the Great, Freddie Mercury, Lawrence of Arabia, and Danny Kaye. An engaging and thouroughly researched account of queer bonding, Legacies of Love shatters the false and negative notion that love is exclusively heterosexual. It is a true gift to LGBT people everywhere who have been denied the truth of their history of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \n\n                                         Editorial Reviews                   Review   \"If you're looking for a staid scholarly analysis of gay lovers in history, pass this one by. Winston Wilde has written a fascinating, quirky, lively, and free-wheeling cross-cultural survey of same-sex romantic\/erotic partnerships from the earliest days of civilization to the present. Its eccentric encyclopedic structure, reminiscent of Jonathan Katz's Gay American History, turns out to be as insightful as it is compelling. It is an exhaustive study, grouping a vast array of couples into seven intriguing categories of love. Yet it is not exhausting to read at all, because Wilde weaves famous and obscure examples together with spicy anecdotal entries that defy formula at every turn. While his research is thorough and profound, these sometimes sad and often surprising love stories are delivered with delicious doses of personal commentary and wisely selective attention to detail. It is both breathtaking and refreshing to come across references to George Washington Carver as 'the gay African-American who invented peanut butter' or to Abraham Lincoln's assassin as 'homosexual actor John Wilkes Booth.' Wilde is not afraid to be gossipy or opinionated, and that's what makes Legacies of Love the best kind of reference book--one to revisit, not to gather dust.\" -- Don Shewey, Author, Critic (The Advocate), Editor of Out Front: Contemporary Gay and Lesbian Plays \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA RICH COMPENDIUM OF STIRRING VIGNETTES . . . offers a fascinating window into same-sex relationships throughout history. Serious and scholarly, yet written with a lively wit, the book is DESTINED TO BECOME A FAVORITE SOURCE FOR STUDENTS AND THE GENERAL READER ALIKE. The author's unique perspective deepens our understanding of the many permutations that human love and bonding can take. . . . REVOLUTIONARY.\" -- Mark Thompson, author of Gay Spirit, Gay Soul, Gay Body trilogy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA STRIKING WORK OF BOTH ERUDITION AND ENTERTAINMENT. How rare it is to discover a book that will intrigue readers of the New York Review of Books as much as it will delight those devoted to People magazine. On one level, THIS FASCINATING BOOK IS AN ENCYCLOPEDIC EXPANSION OF OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE LIVES OF SOME OF THE BEST KNOWN PEOPLE IN HISTORY--from Socrates, to Eleanor Roosevelt, to Jane Addams, to J. Edgar Hoover. On another level it is a profoundly original reexamination of love itself and its many manifestations. Dr. Wilde TURNS ON ITS HEAD OUR KNEE-JERK ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE BASIS AND NATURE OF LOVE, as well as what it is exactly that attracts human beings to each other. -- Judith Light, Actor, Producer, Activist            About the Author   \u003cp\u003eWinston Wilde, MA, DHS, is a sexologist and a psychotherapist in private practice in Beverly Hills. Dr. Wilde's research includes his pioneering studies into the sexualities of blind persons. He has spoken internationally on the subject of queer love. This volume is the culmination of fourteen years of research.\u003c\/p\u003e                                           ","brand":"Winston Wilde","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46070977167594,"sku":"9781560236658","price":21.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/5301\/6298\/files\/81f8_6OXEtL._SL1500.jpg?v=1781276733","url":"https:\/\/textbookme.store\/products\/legacies-of-love","provider":"TextbookMe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}