Archives of Sexuality and Gender:
Locked Away No Longer, Rare Access to Unique Historical Content
The third collection in the award-winning series Archives of Sexuality & Gender , which is a Platinum Award winner at the 2023 Modern Library Awards, broadens the scope from a specific focus on LGBTQ history and culture in Part I and Part II to the study of sex and sexuality and gender roles research. The third collection makes available approximately one million pages of content that has been locked away for many years, available only via restricted access. With a date range of 1600-1940, some content remains difficult to access, having been dispersed among broader collections. Now, this major collection of rare and unique material is available to support students, researchers, and faculty exploring areas such as medicine, biology, the history of gender and sexuality, anthropology, law, the classics, art, and erotic literature.
DISCOVER A WEALTH OF PREVIOUSLY FORBIDDEN CONTENT
Monographs, manuscripts, correspondence, and ephemera, covering a wide range of previously taboo topics such as 18th century sexuality and 19th century sexuality, provide context to the 20th century materials covered in Parts I and II with unique perspectives on the history of gender studies, society, social mores, and changing views of sexuality.
IMPORTANT TOPICS EXPLORED
The topics of sexuality and gender have been chronicled through the ages yet the availability of content on the history of gender and sexuality has often been compromised due to its subject matter. Now, content demands across areas of study has made academic faculty and scholars alike recognize the importance of gender and sexuality research as well as primary sources for gender roles. Archives of Sexuality & Gender, Sex and Sexuality, Sixteenth to Twentieth Centuries provide a window into how sexuality and gender roles were viewed and changed through the years.
SUPPORT INTER-DISCIPLINARY STUDIES
With documents dating back to the 16th century, the collection examines patterns of fertility and sexual practice; 18th century gender roles; prostitution; religion and sexuality; gender roles in the 19th century; the medical and legal construction of sexualities; the rise of sexology, and more. Exploring Archives of Sexuality & Gender, Sex and Sexuality, Sixteenth to Twentieth Centuries through Gale’s Digital Scholar Lab, researchers of all levels can quickly build corpora of analysis-ready text data sourced from Gale’s unrivalled digital collection of primary source material.
FEATURED REVIEW
For high-level gender and sexuality scholars studying this time period, Archives of Sexuality and Gender, Part III is a wonderfully in-depth resource with many useful features.
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subjects covered
- Early Modern British and European History
- Gender & Women's Studies
- Humanities & Social Sciences
- Anthropology
- Sociology
- Nineteenth Century Studies
- Psychology
- Social History
Platform Features & Tools
Term Frequency
Researchers can see the frequency of search terms within sets of content to begin identifying central themes and assessing how individuals, places, events, and ideas interact and develop over time.
Topic Finder
By grouping commonly occurring themes, this tool reveals hidden connections within search terms—helping to shape research by integrating diverse content with relevant information.
Cross-Search Capability
Search across the materials of complementary primary source products, including books, in one united, intuitive environment, enabling innovative new research connections.
Subject Indexing
Subject indexing at article level to aid searching by author, topic and region.
Reviews & Testimonials
Best eProduct/ Best in Humanities
"The program, which brings together about 1.5 million pages of rare and unique primary source content, is continuing to make an impact. It has become one of the most commercially successful Gale archives and can be found in institutions all around the globe. It recently won the PROSE award for "Best eProduct/Best in Humanities", presented by the Professional and Scholarly Publishing unit of the Association of American Publishers."
"The importance of individuals having access to these materials through local and university library subscriptions cannot be overstated. For many queer people, looking up homosexual or transgender at the library is a first step to self-knowledge—it certainly was for me—and it’s one that’s usually met with somewhat frightening clinical descriptions. With access to this resource, searchers will find themselves awash in a much richer—and inspiring—history than they might otherwise have encountered."
"Like other offerings in Gale's suite of primary sources, the Archives of Sexuality & Gender provides a rich selection of rare works through an easy-to-use interface that includes options for novice and advanced users alike. . . . Expanding on the selections available in Parts I and II, Part III of the Archives of Sexuality & Gender widens the scope of the collection, introducing new themes and sources. With many of the monographs derived from restricted and once-private collections and an unrivaled selection of primary source documents on once-taboo subjects, Part III is best suited for advanced, interdisciplinary research by faculty and scholars."
“Created for students and researchers . . . the product offers rare and unique documentation, including organizational papers, government documents, newsletters, photographs, and private correspondence...This is an ambitious beginning to another robust tool from Gale.”
“This is a very unique resource and represents a major and meaningful effort to support the study of LBGTQ issues. It is highly recommended for academic and large public libraries. It is carefully and thoughtfully constructed and enhanced with advanced search tools.”
"Together, the collections comprise an essential resource to the study of human sexuality, erotic literature, sociology, and a range of other academic fields. Highly recommended for academic libraries."
