{"product_id":"places-of-tenderness-and-heat-olga-petri-9781501763779","title":"Places of Tenderness and Heat: The Queer Milieu of Fin-De-Si鐵le St. Petersburg","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlaces of Tenderness and Heat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is a ground-level exploration of queer St. Petersburg at the fin-de-si鐵le.\u003c\/b\u003e Olga Petri takes us through busy shopping arcades, bathhouses, and public urinals to show how queer men routinely met and socialized. She reconstructs the milieu that enabled them to navigate a city full of risk and opportunity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing on a non-Western, unexplored, and fragile form of urban modernity, Petri reconstructs a broad picture of queer sociability. In addition to drawing on explicitly recorded incidents that led to prosecution or medical treatment, she investigates the many encounters that escaped bureaucratic surveillance and suppression. Her work reveals how queer men's lives were conditioned by developing urban infrastructure, weather, light and lighting, and the informal constraints on enforcing law and moral order in the city's public spaces. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlaces of Tenderness and Heat\u003c\/i\u003e is an ambitious record of the dynamic negotiation of illicit male homosexual sex, friendship, and cruising and uncovers a historically fascinating urban milieu in which efforts to manage the moral landscape often unintentionally facilitated queer encounters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Olga Petri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501763776\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501763779\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2023","brand":"Olga Petri","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44064975585535,"sku":"9781501763779","price":51.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f6c8e1e3-2dd5-4311-aa97-991172ab05e3.jpg?v=1685398698","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/places-of-tenderness-and-heat-olga-petri-9781501763779","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}