{"product_id":"9781526181459","title":"Red Closet","description":"Author: Rustam Alexander\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526181459\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Mar 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 288 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA poignant and deeply researched history of gay oppression in the USSR.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1934, Joseph Stalin enacted sodomy laws, unleashing a wave of brutal detentions of homosexual men in large Soviet cities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRed Closet\u003c\/i\u003e recounts the compelling stories of people whose lives were affected by those laws, including a nave Scottish journalist who dared to write to Stalin in an attempt to save his lover from prosecution and a homosexual theatre student who came to Moscow in pursuit of a career amid Stalin's harsh repressions and mass arrests. We also meet a fearless doctor in Siberia who provided medical treatment for gay men at his own peril and a much-loved Soviet singer who hid his homosexuality from the secret police.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach story helps paint the hitherto unknown picture of how Soviet oppression of gay people originated and was perpetuated from Stalin's rule until the demise of the USSR.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47920561520798,"sku":"ING-9781526181459","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526181459.jpg?v=1782823951","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526181459","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}