Dan Healey is a reader in the Department of History, Swansea University (Wales, UK). He is the author of Homosexual Desire in Revolutionary Russia and articles on the history of gender, sexuality, and medicine in Russia.
Healey's book contains much that will be of interest to historians of sexuality. * American Historical Review * In this fascinating study Dan Healey goes beyond the 'axiomatic' view that Russia experienced a liberating 'sexual revolution' in 1917, to be followed by retrenchment and reaction under Stalin. Healey presents a much richer and more nuanced picture of how sexual questions were really affected by the revolution and its aftermath. * European History Quarterly * In this fine book, Dan Healey provides the first historical examination of Soviet forensic medicine's entanglement in matters concerning sexual maturity, violence, and identity, exposes a range of scientific practices surrounding human sexuality, and offers glimpses of ordinary people who had to navigate the medico-legal terrain being mapped out by the experts. * Bulletin of the History of Medicine * With its clear arguments and excellent sections providing context for both Russia and the world, this book is a must for those interested in the revolutionary era and would be a superb addition to undergraduate and graduate courses in gender, medical, and Soviet history. * Slavic Review * The story that emerges is a compelling one, made more engaging by Healey's clean, crisp prose and his excellent preparatory digest of the institutional and ideological factors which shaped the operative discourses of the revolutionary environment. * European Historical Review *