Bisexuality

by Bowie, Angela

• ISBN13: 9781903047910
• ISBN10: 1903047919
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-05-01
• Publisher: Pocket Essentials

Summary

Pocket Essentials is a dynamic series of books that are concise, lively, and easy to read. Packed with facts as well as expert opinions, each book has all the key information you need to know about such popular topics as film, television, cult fiction, history, and more. At the end of the 20th century, popular role models were profiting from the term bisexual, such as Madonna, David Bowie, Mick Jagger, and Anne Heche. But what is bisexuality? This book highlights civilizations where bisexuality flourishedQueen Nzinga of Africa dressed as a warrior in battle, and the Ancient Greeks practised bisexualityand where it did notthe Conquistadors turned their dogs on the bisexual Incas. There are biographies, showcasing the lives and loves of famous bisexuals like Alexander the Great, Sappho, Casanova, Marquis de Sade, Oscar Wilde, and Virginia Woolf. There is also an examination of bisexuality in film, including the bisexual escapades of actors and writers.

Table of Contents

Introduction	7	(17)
Eunuchs, Hijras, hermaphrodites and transsexuals. Native American Two-Spirited, Cheng Ho, Shobha Nehru. The Kukukuku of New Guinea. Rock n' Roll relevance and impact
Historic Figures	24	(37)
Queen Nzinga of Africa, Sappho, Socrates, Alexander the Great, Gaius Julius Caesar, Richard the Lion-Heart, Michelangelo, William Shakespeare, James I, Philippe I Duc d'Orleans, Sir Isaac Newton, Voltaire, Marie-Antoinette, Napoleon Bonaparte, Frederick II, Casanova, Marquis de Sade, Lord Byron, George Sand, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Paul Verlaine, Oscar Wilde, Sigmund Freud, Havelock Ellis, Andre Gide, Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, W Somerset Maugham, Gertrude Stein & Alice B Toklas, Virginia Woolf, Vita Sackville-West, Eleanor Roosevelt, Waslaw Nijinsky, Edna St Vincent Millay, Djuna Chappell Barnes, Anais Nin, Gertrude Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Libby Holman, Josephine Baker
Film Personalities	61	(16)
Anita Loos, Beatrice Lillie, Gertrude Lawrence, Charles Laughton, Marlene Dietrich, Tallulah Bankhead, Cary Grant, Joan Crawford, Greta Garbo, Laurence Olivier, Errol Flynn, Danny Kaye, Tyrone Power, Gore Vidal, James Dean
Films	77	(11)
Films With Bisexual Heroes Or Villains, Films With Sexual Content, Gay Themed Films, Sexually Exploitative Films
Notes	88	(5)
Websites	93