Queer London :
Houlbrook, Matt.
Queer London : perils and pleasures in the sexual metropolis, 1918-1957 / Matt Houlbrook. - Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2005. - xii, 384 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. - Chicago series on sexuality, history, and society .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : This is London -- Regulation -- Geographies of public sex -- The pink shilling -- The baths -- A room of one's own -- "Piccadilly palare" : the world of the West End poof -- "London's bad boys" : homosex, manliness, and money in working-class culture -- "The heart in exile" : respectability, restraint, and the city -- Sexual difference and Britishness -- Daring to speak whose name? : queer cultural politics -- Conclusion.
0226354601 9780226354620 0226354628 (pbk.)
2005004166
Gay men--History--England--London--20th century.
Homosexuality--History--England--London--20th century.
Sex customs--History--England--London--20th century.
London (England)--Social life and customs--20th century.
HQ76.2. / G72L655 2005
306.76/62/094210904
Queer London : perils and pleasures in the sexual metropolis, 1918-1957 / Matt Houlbrook. - Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2005. - xii, 384 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. - Chicago series on sexuality, history, and society .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : This is London -- Regulation -- Geographies of public sex -- The pink shilling -- The baths -- A room of one's own -- "Piccadilly palare" : the world of the West End poof -- "London's bad boys" : homosex, manliness, and money in working-class culture -- "The heart in exile" : respectability, restraint, and the city -- Sexual difference and Britishness -- Daring to speak whose name? : queer cultural politics -- Conclusion.
0226354601 9780226354620 0226354628 (pbk.)
2005004166
Gay men--History--England--London--20th century.
Homosexuality--History--England--London--20th century.
Sex customs--History--England--London--20th century.
London (England)--Social life and customs--20th century.
HQ76.2. / G72L655 2005
306.76/62/094210904