Queer Voices in Post-War Scotland
Male Homosexuality, Religion and Society
Authors: Meek, J.
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- About this book
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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.
- About the authors
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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 (9 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-12
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From Sodomy to Same-Sex Desire
Pages 13-38
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Wolfenden and Scotland
Pages 39-52
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Moments in Time: Growing up Queer in Post-War Scotland
Pages 53-88
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The Scottish Minorities Group
Pages 89-116
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Queer Voices in Post-War Scotland
- Book Subtitle
- Male Homosexuality, Religion and Society
- Authors
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- J. Meek
- Series Title
- Genders and Sexualities in History
- Copyright
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Copyright Holder
- Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-137-44411-0
- DOI
- 10.1057/9781137444110
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-137-44409-7
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-349-49552-8
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- VIII, 224
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