Sex, Soldiers and the South Pacific, 1939-45 [electronic resource] : Queer Identities in Australia in the Second World War /
Smaal, Yorick.author.
Sex, Soldiers and the South Pacific, 1939-45 explores the queer dynamics of war across Australia and forward bases in the south seas. It examines relationships involving Allied servicemen, civilians and between the legal and medical fraternities that sought to regulate and contain expressions of homosex in and out of the forces.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sex, Soldiers and the South Pacific, 1939-45 explores the queer dynamics of war across Australia and forward bases in the south seas. It examines relationships involving Allied servicemen, civilians and between the legal and medical fraternities that sought to regulate and contain expressions of homosex in and out of the forces.
Civilization-History.
World War, 1939-1945.
Social history.
History, Modern.
Islands of the Pacific-History.
Sexual behavior.
Sexual psychology.
Cultural History.
History of World War II and the Holocaust.
Social History.
Modern History.
Australasian History.
Sexual Behavior.