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Par Jeffrey Weeks

Jeffrey Weeks is a gay activist and historian specialising in the history of sexuality. His work includes ((Socialism and the New Life)) (1977) and ((Coming Out: Homosexual Politics in Britain from the Nineteenth Century to the Present)) (1977). He was invited at the LGBT Centre in Lyon to talk about his latest book ((What is sexual history)) (2016), which has been translated in French and published by the Presses Universitaires de Lyon. The discussion was moderated by Quentin Zimmerman.

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Par Olivier Richomme

The American Revolution, the Civil War and Reconstruction period, along with the Civil Rights era can be seen as three phases of the same struggle for racial equality in the U.S. The Declaration of Independence established the revolutionary ideal of equality among men. This promise was not fulfilled by the Reconstruction Amendments. Some might argue that the 1964 Civil Rights Act and 1965 the Voting Rights did not bring about true racial equality. In a sense, the American Revolution can be (...)

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Par Véronique Maillard, Virginie Thomas

Nombreuses sont les réécritures fantastiques de textes canoniques datant du XIXe siècle. Ce phénomène à la mode se caractérise par l’introduction de créatures surnaturelles au sein d’œuvres réalistes. ((Pride and Prejudice)) de Jane Austen est l’une de ces œuvres prisées des auteurs contemporains se livrant à ce type de pratique littéraire. C’est ainsi que deux auteurs différents, Seth Grahame-Smith et Steve Hockensmith, se sont intéressés à cette œuvre. Seth (...)