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Entering the Eighteenth-Century Closet and Coming Out Today
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Janes, Dominic |
| Copyright Year | 2020 |
| Description | This chapter discusses two cultural trajectories, one material and the other metaphorical. It explores the history of the closet as a physical space in homes since the early modern period and considers the links between physical space and sexual secrets as conceptualized in the 'homosexual closet'. A closet in the sense of a small room came into use in the early modern period in Britain, but it is often employed today to refer to those who are secretive about their same-sex desires. The contemporary use of the term 'the closet' to refer to sexual secrets means that it is often assumed that the physical closet in the home of a man such as Wladziu Valentino Liberace would immediately reveal truths about his life. It is, therefore, fascinating to note that when a picture was posted online that purported to be of Liberace's closet in his sometime mansion in Las Vegas it elicited a set of disappointed comments. Book Name: Queering the Interior |
| Related Links | https://api.taylorfrancis.com/content/chapters/edit/download?identifierName=doi&identifierValue=10.4324/9781003086475-22&type=chapterpdf |
| Ending Page | 207 |
| Page Count | 11 |
| Starting Page | 197 |
| DOI | 10.4324/9781003086475-22 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2020-06-11 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Book Name: Queering the Interior History Closet Liberace Physical Space Early Modern Modern Period Sexual Secrets |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
