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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797785003321

Autore

Smaal Yorick

Titolo

Sex, Soldiers and the South Pacific, 1939-45 [[electronic resource] ] : Queer Identities in Australia in the Second World War / / by Yorick Smaal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2015

ISBN

1-137-36514-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (275 p.)

Collana

Genders and Sexualities in History, , 2730-9479

Disciplina

306.09

Soggetti

Civilization—History

World War, 1939-1945

Social history

History, Modern

Islands of the Pacific—History

Sex customs

Sexual psychology

Cultural History

History of World War II and the Holocaust

Social History

Modern History

Australasian History

Sexual Behavior

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Sex, Soldiers and the South Pacific, 1939-45 explores the queer dynamics of war across Australia and forward bases in the south seas. It examines relationships involving Allied servicemen, civilians and between the legal and medical fraternities that sought to regulate and contain expressions of homosex in and out of the forces.