The cultural politics of gay pornography in 1970s Britain / Paul R. Deslandes. Naturalism, labour and homoerotic desire : Henry Scott Tuke / Jongwoo Jeremy Kim -- Bricks and flowes : unconventionality and queerness in Katherine Everett's life writing / Mo Moulton -- "A peculiarly obscure subject" : the missing "case" of the heterosexual / Laura Doan -- "These young men who come down from Oxford and write gossip" : society gossip, homosexuality and the logic of revelation in the interwar popular press / Ryan Linkof -- Thinking queer : the social and the sexual in interwar Britain / Matt Houlbrook -- "I conformed; I got married. It seemed like a good idea at the time" : domesticity in postwar lesbian oral history / Amy Tooth Murphy -- The homosexual as a social being in Britain, 1945-1968 / Chris Waters -- Mr Grey goes to Washington : the homophile internationalism of Britain's Homosexual Law Reform Society / David Minto -- Films and filming : the making of a queer marketplace in pre-decriminalisation Britain / Justin Bengry -- The cultural politics of gay pornography in 1970s Britain / Paul R. Deslandes.
Summary:
This collection of essays takes stock of the 'new British queer history'. It is intended both for scholars and students of British social and cultural history and of the history of sexuality and for a broader readership interested in queer issues. In offering a snapshot of the field, this volume shows the richness and promise of one of the most vibrant areas of modern British history and the complexity and breadth of discussion, debate and approach.
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