Living in Arcadia : homosexuality, politics, and morality in France from the liberation to AIDS / Julian Jackson.

Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2009.

xiii, 321 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Cambridge to Paris, 1978 -- "The French exception": gay historiography in France -- Arcadie: the unknown story -- Rethinking Arcadie -- The background -- Homosexuality in France from the revolution to Vichy -- Homosexuality and the revolution -- Regulating sexual disorder in the nineteenth century -- French variations -- Paris as Sodom -- Homosexuality in belle-époque Paris -- The interwar years: talking about homosexuality -- The shadow of the occupation, 1942-1955 -- Blame it on Gide -- Fascinating fascism: sleeping with the enemy -- Liberation: "beautiful babies" and unruly youths -- Moral order -- Freedom in clandestinity: the "civilization of the pissotières" -- Fighting the Puritans: futur -- Et in Arcadia ego, 1954-1968 -- Beginnings, 1954-1956 -- Losing a vocation, 1922-1945 -- Finding a vocation, 1946-1952 -- Young man in a hurry, 1953 -- Recruiting support: treason of the clerks, 1954 -- Teething troubles I: quarrel with Amsterdam, 1955-1956 -- Teething troubles II: "a danger to youth" 1955-1956 -- Survival, 1956-1968 -- Living in the catacombs, 1956-1957 -- Putting down roots, 1957-1959 -- A new recruit: Daniel Guérin -- "Social scourge" 1960 -- Arcadie embattled, 1960-1964 -- Arcadie becalmed, 1964-1968 -- The vision of Arcadie: homosexuality and ethics -- The homophile international -- Escaping the shadow of Gide -- Science and history -- "Permanent and diffuse revolution" -- The politics of dignity -- Ethics and authenticity: assuming one's condition -- The secret garden -- Living in Arcadie -- A spiritual family -- Finding Arcadie -- Arriving at Arcadie -- The provincial desert -- Building a library I -- Building a library II -- The club -- "La bonne parole" I: preaching the Arcadian life -- "La bonne parole" II: living the Arcadian life -- Arcadie contested, 1968-1982 -- The deluge, 1968-1972 -- Sexual revolutions -- 1968: the revolution and sex -- Monks in the dark ages? -- "Homosexuality, this painful problem" -- The rise and fall of FHAR -- The "toads of Arcadie" -- The Arcadie years, 1973-1978 -- Recognition at last -- The "Arcadian people" -- Competitors I: the sex explosion -- Competitors II: the political explosion -- The Giscardian moment -- Splendors and miseries of homosexual life -- Political openings -- Coming out, Arcadie style: "living without a mask" -- The pedophile moment -- Living in the ghetto: gay island or sad asylum? -- The end, 1979-1982 -- Apotheosis: May 1979 -- Realignments on the left -- Arcadie misses the boat -- The last days -- Reactions -- Conclusion -- End of an era -- The Arcadian diaspora -- All Arcadians now?

Includes bibliographical references and index.