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Record Nr.

UNINA9910796717303321

Autore

Reiss Matthias

Titolo

Controlling sex in captivity [[electronic resource] ] : POWs and sexual desire in the United States during the Second World War / / Matthias Reiss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Bloomsburg Academic, 2018

ISBN

1-350-06064-X

1-350-06062-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 pages)

Disciplina

940.54/7273

Soggetti

Prisoners of war - Sexual behavior - United States - History - 20th century

World War, 1939-1945 - Prisoners and prisons, American

Germans - Sexual behavior - United States - History - 20th century

Italians - Sexual behavior - United States - History - 20th century

Fraternization - History - 20th century

Women and war - United States - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Historiography -- Sources -- Editorial comments -- Encounters with the enemy -- Attraction and pity -- Hostile reactions -- Controlling heterosexual desire -- American women during the war -- Initiating contact -- The reasons for loosing the fight against fraternisation -- African Americans -- The failure of the non-fraternisation policy -- Controlling same-sex desire -- Policies on same-sex activities in the Axis and American armed forces -- Same-sex activities in POW camps in the United States -- American reactions to same-sex activities in POW camps.