Queer Voices in Post-War Scotland

Male Homosexuality, Religion and Society
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-349-49552-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 303 g

Reihe: Genders and Sexualities in History

This book examines the experiences of gay and bisexual men who lived in Scotland during an era when all homosexual acts were illegal, tracing the historical relationship between Scottish society, the state and its male homosexual population using a combination of oral history and extensive archival research.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Meek, J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. From Sodomy to Same-Sex Desire 3. Wolfenden and Scotland 4. Moments in Time: Growing up Queer in Post-War Scotland 5. The Scottish Minorities Group 6. In Sickness and in Health 7. God, Sin and Sodomy: Reconciling Religious Identities and Sexual Identities 8. From Crime to Community? 9. Non-Heterosexual Men, Scotland, and Homosexual Law Reform

Über Autor(innen)

Jeff Meek is a social and cultural historian based at the University of Glasgow, UK, who has published on the impacts of World War One on Scottish society, and on the interactions between religion, the law and sexuality.