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Queer Voices in Post-War Scotland J. Meek

Queer Voices in Post-War Scotland By J. Meek

Queer Voices in Post-War Scotland by J. Meek


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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.

Queer Voices in Post-War Scotland Summary

Queer Voices in Post-War Scotland: Male Homosexuality, Religion and Society by J. Meek

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.

About J. Meek

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.

Table of Contents

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

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NLS9781349495528
9781349495528
1349495522
Queer Voices in Post-War Scotland: Male Homosexuality, Religion and Society by J. Meek
New
Paperback
Palgrave Macmillan
2015-01-01
224
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