Sex, Soldiers and the South Pacific, 1939-45 Queer Identities in Australia in the Second World War
Description
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.
Keywords
HistorySocial HistoryWars & ConflictsWorld War IIModernAustralia & New ZealandPsychologySocial PsychologyHuman Sexuality
2015Book
Author(s)Yorick Smaal
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9781137365132
LanguageEnglish
