| Description |
xiii, 209 p. : ill. |
| Series |
Genders and sexualities in history
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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 desordre : 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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Gay men -- History -- 20th century.
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Lesbians -- History -- 20th century.
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Gay men -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
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Lesbians -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Bauer, Heike.
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Cook, Matthew.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780230300699 |
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9781137264718 (e-book) |
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