Queer London : perils and pleasures in the sexual metropolis, 1918-1957 / Matt Houlbrook.
Publication details: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2005. Description: xii, 384 p. : ill., map ; 24 cmISBN: 0226354601; 9780226354620; 0226354628 (pbk.)Subject(s): Gay men -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century | Homosexuality -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century | Sex customs -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century | London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 306.76/62/094210904 LOC classification: HQ76.2. | G72L655 2005Online resources: Table of contents
Contents:
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.
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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.