Queer 1950s /

This collection brings together scholars from across the humanities in a fresh examination of queer lives, cultures and thought in the first full post-war decade. Through explorations of sexology, literature, film, oral testimony, newspapers and court records it nuances understandings of the period,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bauer, Heike, Cook, Matthew
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Colección:Genders and sexualities in history.
Temas:
1900-1999
Gay men > History > 20th century.
Lesbians > History > 20th century.
Gay men > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Lesbians > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Homosexuels masculins > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Lesbiennes > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Homosexuels masculins > Mœurs et coutumes > 20e siècle.
Lesbiennes > Mœurs et coutumes > 20e siècle.
Social & cultural history > c 1945 to c 1960.
Gay & Lesbian studies > c 1945 to c 1960.
20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 > c 1945 to c 1960.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gay Studies.
History.
Gay men
Gay men > Social life and customs
Lesbians
Lesbians > Social life and customs
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Queer 50s; H. Bauer & M. Cook
  • PART I: ESPISTEMOLOGIES
  • Sexology Backward: Hirschfeld, Kinsey and the Reshaping of Sex Research in the 1950s; H. Bauer
  • 'Someone to Love': Teen Girls' Same-Sex Desire in the 1950s United States; A.H. Littauer
  • Lesbians before 'the Lesbian', 'Sisters' in Faith and Crime: Conceptualisations of Cross-generational Sexual Relationships in Two Women's Same-sex Fornication Court Cases in 1950s Rural Finland; A. Sorainen
  • PART II: REPRESENTATIONS
  • 'Who Is She?': Identities, Intertextuality and Authority in Non-Fiction Lesbian Pulp of the 1950s; K. Mitchell
  • Love 'Off the Rails' or 'Over the Teacups'?: Lesbian Desire and Female Sexualities in the 1950s Popular Press; A. Oram
  • Nouveau Ďsordre: Diabolical Queerness in 1950s French Cinema; A. Asibong
  • PART III: REASSESSMENTS
  • Moral Panic or Critical Mass?: The Queer Contradictions of 1950s New Zealand; C. Brickell
  • Queer Profits: Homosexual Scandal and the Origins of Legal Reform in Britain; J. Bengry
  • The Long 1950s as Radical-in-Between; J.V. Evans
  • PART IV: LEGACIES
  • Warm Homes in a Cold Climate: Rex Batten and the Queer Domestic; M. Cook
  • Geeks and Gaffs: The Queer Legacy of the 1950s American Freak Show; E. Stephens
  • Select bibliography.
  • List of figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes on contributors
  • Introduction / Heike Bauer & Matt Cook
  • The long 1950s as radical in-between : the photography of Herbert Tobias / Jennifer V. Evans
  • Nouveau désordre : diabolical queerness in 1950s French cinema / Andrew Asibong
  • Love "off the rails" or "over the teacups"? : lesbian desire and female sexualities in the 1950s British popular press / Alison Oram
  • Living
  • "Someone to love" : teen girls' same-sex desire in the 1950s United States / Amanda H. Littauer
  • Cross-generational relationships before "the lesbian" : female same-sex sexuality in 1950s rural Finland / Antu Sorainen
  • Moral panic or critical mass? : the queer contradictions of 1950s New Zealand / Chris Brickell
  • Warm homes in a cold climate : rex batten and the queer domestic / Matt Cook
  • Thinking
  • Sexology backward : Hirschfeld, Kinsey, and the reshaping of sex research in the 1950s / Heike Bauer
  • "Who is she?" identities, intertextuality, and authority in non-fiction lesbian pulp of the 1950s / Kaye Mitchell
  • Queer profits : homosexual scandal and the origins of legal reform in Britain / Justin Bengry
  • Geeks and gaffs : the queer legacy of the 1950s American freak show / Elizabeth Stephens
  • Select bibliography.

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