Odd men out : male homosexuality in Britain from Wolfenden to gay liberation /
Odd Men Out is a social, cultural and political history of gay men living in Britain during the 1950s and 1960s. It covers the period from the circumstances leading up to the appointment of the Wolfenden Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution in 1954 to the emergence of the British Gay Li...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
[2022].
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| Edition: | Revised and updated edition. |
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| Summary: | Odd Men Out is a social, cultural and political history of gay men living in Britain during the 1950s and 1960s. It covers the period from the circumstances leading up to the appointment of the Wolfenden Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution in 1954 to the emergence of the British Gay Liberation Front in the early 1970s. It looks at contemporary public, political and legal attitudes towards male homosexuality and gay men. It also focuses on the emergence of gay identities, the opening up and limitations of social spaces and contacts, the operation of the law, and the legal reform process up to and beyond the partial decriminalization of adult male homosexuality in 1967. The book draws on a wealth of source material from archives, newspapers, magazines, memoirs, diaries, oral histories, interviews, television broadcasts, radio programs, films and plays. It also includes interviews with social and political commentators, writers, directors, actors and others about their recollections and experiences during the period. |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 349 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-337) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781526162441 152616244X |