Heterosexual Dictatorship: Male Homosexuality in Postwar Britain by Patrick Higgins


Heterosexual Dictatorship: Male Homosexuality in Postwar Britain
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.