Queen and country: Same-sex desire in the British Armed Forces, 1939-45 (Gender in History) - Hardcover

Buch 11 von 32: Gender in History

Vickers, Emma

 
9780719082948: Queen and country: Same-sex desire in the British Armed Forces, 1939-45 (Gender in History)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0719082943 ISBN 13: 9780719082948
Verlag: Manchester University Press, 2013

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A detailed study of same-sex desire and military authority in the British Armed Forces between 1939 and 1945.

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Emma Vickers is Senior Lecturer in History at Liverpool John Moores University

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Using a rich array of oral histories and previously unseen archival sources, Queen and country provides the first detailed academic study of the complex intersection between same-sex desire and military authority in the British Armed Forces between 1939 and 1945. It illuminates how men and women lived, loved and survived in an institution which, at least publicly, was unequivocally hostile towards same-sex activity within its ranks. Queen and Country also tells a story of selective remembrance and the politics of memory, exploring specifically why same-sex desire continues to be absent from the historical record of the war. In examining this absence, and the more intimate minutiae of cohesion, homosociability and desire, it pushes far beyond traditional military history in order to cast new light on one of the most widely discussed conflicts of the twentieth century. It makes a significant and original contribution to debates concerning the British experience of war and introduces new ways of understanding the Second World War. Amongst other issues, the book examines contemporary understandings of homosexuality in relation to the entrance of queer recruits and explores the experiences of those that served. It also highlights how the military authorities responded to same-sex activity.

Queen and Country is aimed at general readers and academic readers alike.

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Verlag
Manchester University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2013
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0719082943
ISBN 13 
9780719082948
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
220
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