Shame: A Genealogy of Queer Practices in the 19th Century - Paperbackby Bogdan Popa (Author) Shame has often been considered a threat to democratic politics, and was used to degrade and debase sex radicals and political marginals. But certain forms of shame were also embraced by 19th century activists in an attempt to reverse entrenched power dynamics. Bogdan Popa brings together Ranci? re's techniques of disrupting inequality with a queer curiosity in the performativity of shame to show how 19th century activists