Smaal Sex, Soldiers and the South Pacific, 1939-45

Queer Identities in Australia in the Second World War
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-36514-9
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 250 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Genders and Sexualities in History

Sex, Soldiers and the South Pacific, 1939-45 explores the queer dynamics of war across Australia and forward bases in the south seas. It examines relationships involving Allied servicemen, civilians and between the legal and medical fraternities that sought to regulate and contain expressions of homosex in and out of the forces.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smaal, Yorick

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction PART I: THE SCRIPTS 1. Bitch and Butch Men 2. Queer Geographies PART II: THE SERVICES 3. Men in Uniform 4. Confused Commanders PART III: THE STATE 5. Preoccupied Policemen 6. Disoriented Doctors Epilogue

Über Autor(innen)

Yorick Smaal is ARC DECRA Research Fellow at Griffith University, Australia. He is an Australian social historian with particular interests in sex and gender, war and society, and law and criminal justice.