Brian Lewis

Broschiertes Buch

Wolfenden's Witnesses

Homosexuality in Postwar Britain

Beschreibung

The Wolfenden Report of 1957 has long been recognized as a landmark in moves towards gay law reform. Less well known are the testimonials and statements of witnesses before the Wolfenden Committee, which provide the most complete and extensive array of perspectives we have on how homosexuality was understood in mid-twentieth century Britain.

Autor

Brian Lewis is Professor of History at McGill University, Canada.

Produktdetails

• Genders and Sexualities in History
• Verlag: Macmillan Education / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-32148-0
• 1st edition 2016
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9781137321480
• ISBN-10: 1137321482
• Artikelnr.: 43898119

Rezensionen

"Brian Lewis deserves considerable praise for making available much of the testimony presented to the Wolfenden Committee on male homosexuality in 1950s Britain. A treasure-trove of hitherto unpublished material - judiciously chosen, carefully edited, and richly contextualized - Wolfenden's Witnesses contributes enormously to our understanding of the complexities of the queer 'fifties." - Chris Waters, Hans W. Gatzke '38 Professor of Modern European History, Williams College, USA