Queer Voices in Post-War Scotland - Male Homosexuality, Religion and Society

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

List 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

Product details

• Authors: J Meek, J. Meek
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349495528
• ISBN: 978-1-349-49552-8
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Genders and Sexualities in History; Genders and Sexualities in His; Genders and Sexualities in History; Genders and Sexualities in His
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); B, Gender Studies, Cultural History, History, Sociology, Law, European History, Social History, Social & cultural history, Gender studies, gender groups, Law—Philosophy, Methods, theory & philosophy of law, Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History, History, Modern, Civilization—History, Palgrave History Collection, Modern History, History of Britain and Ireland, Great Britain—History