Title | : | Heterosexual Dictatorship: Male Homosexuality in Postwar Britain |
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ISBN | : | 1857023552 |
ISBN-10 | : | 9781857023558 |
Language | : | English |
Format Type | : | Hardcover |
Number of Pages | : | 340 |
Publication | : | First published June 1, 1997 |
A revisionist history of homosexual culture in Britain during the mid-20th century. This account takes as its focus the Wolfenden Committee on Homosexuality and Persecution, established in 1954, which eventually constituted the largest single debate on homosexuality up to that time.