Genre Books publish and distribute books with a particular interest in gender and sexuality. See our catalogue below.
James Courage´s previously unpublished memoir tells of his childhood in Canterbury, migration to England, and his enjoyable time as a student at Oxford University.
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James Courage's stage play portrayed the intimate and sexual relationships of boys in boarding schools, and attracted full houses in London in 1938.
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Through the diaries and letters, photographs and drawings that teenagers left behind, we meet New Zealanders as they transition from children to adults: sealers and bushfellers, factory girls and newspaper boys, the male 'mashers' of the 1880s and the female 'flappers' of the 1910s and '20s, schoolgirls and rock'n'rollers, larrikins and louts.
RRP - NZ$49.99
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Smoking chronicles the courageous subtext of John Mulgan's iconic novel Man Alone. Many see only the solitary exploits of a stoic Kiwi joker but Smoking explores the love of the hero Johnson for his best mate Scott.
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Southern Men documents men's lives, travels, friendships and leisure in the years before gay liberation, showing men at war, at home and at the beach.
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New Country introduces some of James Courage's most evocative plays and short stories to a twenty-first century audience. Christopher Burke's critical introduction explores their homoerotic themes, both overt and coded.
RRP - NZ$39.95
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Dunedin's warehouse district is a newly rediscovered treasure. This richly illustrated, freely downloadable e-book explores the history of this fascinating part of Dunedin.
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What does it mean for two men to be together? Two-by-two showcases 100 photos taken between 1880 and 1960, in which pairs of New Zealand men share their lives at leisure, at work and at home.
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Robert Gant's photographs, taken between 1885 and 1915, offer a profound redefinition of colonial masculinity. Manly Affections unveils 230 fascinating Gant images in which men hug, hold hands and hang out.
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What are the historical changes through which the modern gay New Zealander has emerged? Mates & Lovers reveals an erotic past that was vibrant, complex and often surprising.
RRP - NZ$59.95
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