1st Edition
Queer Trades, Sex and Society Male Prostitution and the War on Homosexuality in Interwar Scotland
By Jeffrey Meek
Copyright 2023
198 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
198 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
198 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book is the first scholarly work to explore male homosexual prostitution in interwar Scotland. The male prostitute occupies a contested position within interwar society – depending on the perspective he was representative of a descent into turpitude, of tenacious organised criminality or of exploitation. The book explores connections between male prostitution and criminal gangs prevalent... Read more
List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The (Homo)Sexual Landscape of Interwar Scotland
2. Criminal Masquerades, William Paton and the Whitehats
3. Edinburgh – Plumbing the Depths of Depravity
4. Ogg, King and the Soldier Boys
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Jeffrey Meek is Lecturer in Economic and Social History at the University of Glasgow. He is the author of Queer Voices in Post-War Scotland: Male Homosexuality, Religion and Society (2015).
