Intimacy, violence and activism : gay and lesbian perspectives on Australasian history and society / edited by Graham Willett and Yorick Smaal.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Willett, Graham, editor.

Smaal, Yorick, editor.

Series:

Gay and lesbian perspectives ; 7.

Gay and Lesbian Perspectives ; 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay people--Australia--History.

Gay people.

Lesbians--Australia--History.

Lesbians.

Homosexuality--Australia--History.

Homosexuality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Clayton, Victoria : Monash University Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this, the latest in the Gay and Lesbian Perspectives series, researchers explore the rich history of queer Australasia, uncovering photographic records of small-town male intimacy, cases of police entrapment, the mysterious suicide pact of Charles Marks and Edward Feeny, the Australian Security Intelligence Organization's attempts to grapple with persons with serious character defects, and previously unexamined political and cultural expressions of gay/lesbian/queer activism over the last four decades. The result is an original and important contribution to understanding a history that is a

Contents:

List of Illustrations......................................................................................vii; Contributors.................................................................................................ix; Introduction.................................................................................................xi; Graham Willett and Yorick Smaal; Chapter 1; Men Together: Intimacy and Eroticism in Pre-World War INew Zealand............................................................................................1; Chris Brickell; Chapter 2

'A Gang of Judicial Assassins': George Bateson and ColonialSodomy Laws..........................................................................................25John Waugh; Chapter 3; 'Until Death Does Part Us': Male Friendship, Intimacy andViolence in Late Colonial Melbourne.....................................................39; Amanda Kaladelfos; Chapter 4; 'Indecent and Indecorous' Behaviour: The Police andHomosexuality in Turn-of-the-Century Queensland............................56; Yorick Smaal; Chapter 5

Snippets and Shadows of Stories: Thoughts on Sources andMethods when Writing an Australian History of Sexuality..................74Lisa Featherstone; Chapter 6; Missing the Lesbian and the Missing Lesbian: A Study of theForgotten Lesbian in 1970s Australian Cinema.....................................90; Sophia Davidson Gluyas; Chapter 7; Musicals Are Gay: A Brief History of Gay Men, HollywoodDivas and Movie Musicals....................................................................105; Scott McKinnon; Chapter 8

'Persons with Serious Character Defects': Homosexuals in theCommonwealth Public Service, 1953-1974..........................................119Robert B. French; Chapter 9; Womin Loving Womin: Lesbian Feminist Theories of Intimacy.......... 133; Rebecca Jennings; Chapter 10; 'Our Heads Know, But Our Hearts Don't Understand ... ':Debating the Meaning of the Bar Scene in the 1970s Gay Press...........147; Alan B. Petersen; Chapter 11; The Adelaide Homosexual Alliance and the Origins of the GayCommunity...........................................................................................162

Graham WillettChapter 12; HIV/AIDS Activism in Transnational Context: ACT UP inAustralia................................................................................................177; Shirleene Robinson; Chapter 13; Queer, Student, Activism.....................................................................193; Jess Rodgers

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 2, 2014).

ISBN:

1-922235-09-1