Title Sex, soldiers and the South Pacific, 1939-45 : queer identities in Australia in the Second World War / Yorick Smaal, Griffith University, Australia

Published Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 250 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits Series Genders and sexualities in history Genders and sexualities in history. Contents pt. 1. The Scripts -- 1. Bitch and Butch Men -- 2. Queer Geographies -- pt. 2. The Services -- 3. Men in Uniform -- 4. Confused Commanders -- pt. 3. The State -- 5. Preoccupied Policemen -- 6. Disoriented Doctors Summary Sex, Soldiers and the South Pacific 1939-45 explores the lives and loves of men across Australia and forward bases in the south seas and the official responses that sought to regulate and contain expressions of homosex in and out of the forces Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Gay men -- Australia -- Queensland -- History -- 20th century Gay men -- New Guinea -- History -- 20th century Gay military personnel -- Australia -- Queensland -- History -- 20th century World War, 1939-1945 -- Gay people POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. Gay military personnel Gay men Gay people Homosexueller Militär Weltkrieg 1939-1945 New Guinea Queensland Queensland Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781137365149 1137365145 9781137365156 1137365153

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