{"product_id":"red-closet-rustam-alexander-9781526181459","title":"Red Closet: The Hidden History of Gay Oppression in the USSR","description":"\u003cp\u003eA poignant and deeply researched history of gay oppression in the USSR. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1934, Joseph Stalin enacted sodomy laws, unleashing a wave of brutal detentions of homosexual men in large Soviet cities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRed closet recounts the compelling stories of people whose lives were affected by those laws, including a na?ve 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Each 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rustam Alexander\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1526181452\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781526181459\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Rustam Alexander","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46094414250239,"sku":"9781526181459","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9e7cb852-f777-456e-af62-eaa61f9b1819.jpg?v=1724844587","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/red-closet-rustam-alexander-9781526181459","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}