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Wolfenden´s Witnesses: Homosexuality in Postwar Britain
Brian Lewis
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Paperback. The Wolfenden Report of 1957 has long been recognized as a landmark in moves towards gay law reform. Less well known are the testimonials and statements of witnesses before the Wolfenden Committee, which provide the most complete and extensive array of perspectives we have on how homosexuality was understood in mid-twentieth century Britain. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW3; JFSJ; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 454.
The Wolfenden Report of 1957 has long been recognized as a landmark in moves towards gay law reform. What is less well known is that the testimonials and written statements of the witnesses before the Wolfenden Committee provide by far the most complete and extensive array of perspectives we have on how homosexuality was understood in mid-twentieth century Britain. Those giving evidence, individually or through their professional associations, included a broad cross-section of official, professional and bureaucratic Britain: police chiefs, policemen, magistrates, judges, lawyers and Home Office civil servants; doctors, biologists (including Alfred Kinsey), psychiatrists, psychoanalysts and psychotherapists; prison governors, ... Read more
The Wolfenden Report of 1957 has long been recognized as a landmark in moves towards gay law reform. What is less well known is that the testimonials and written statements of the witnesses before the Wolfenden Committee provide by far the most complete and extensive array of perspectives we have on how homosexuality was understood in mid-twentieth century Britain. Those giving evidence, individually or through their professional associations, included a broad cross-section of official, professional and bureaucratic Britain: police chiefs, policemen, magistrates, judges, lawyers and Home Office civil servants; doctors, biologists (including Alfred Kinsey), psychiatrists, psychoanalysts and psychotherapists; prison governors, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Genders and Sexualities in History
Condition
New
Weight
502g
Number of Pages
316
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137321480
SKU
V9781137321480
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About Brian Lewis
Brian Lewis is Professor of History at McGill University, Canada.
Reviews for Wolfenden´s Witnesses: Homosexuality in Postwar Britain
Brian Lewis deserves considerable praise for making available much of the testimony presented to the Wolfenden Committee on male homosexuality in 1950s Britain. A treasure-trove of hitherto unpublished material - judiciously chosen, carefully edited, and richly contextualized - Wolfenden's Witnesses contributes enormously to our understanding of the complexities of the queer 'fifties. - Chris Waters, Hans W. Gatzke '38 ... Read more