Hello Sailor! The Hidden History of Gay Life at Sea

Author/creator Baker, Paul Author
Other author Stanley, Jo Author
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge Florence : Taylor & Francis Group [Distributor]
Description272 p. 09.200 x 06.143 in.
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Summary Annotation When gays had to be closeted, ships were the only places where homosexual men could not only be out but also camp. And on some liners to the sun and the New World, queens and butches had a ball. They sashayed and minced their way across the world's oceans.Never before has the story been told of the masses. These are the thousands of queer seafarers, mainly stewards, who sometimes even outnumbered the straight men in the catering departments of ships that were household names and the pride of the British fleet. Hello Sailor! uniquely shows what it was like to be queer at sea at a time when land meant straightness.
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ISBN9781138151185
ISBN1138151181 (Trade Cloth) Active Record
Standard identifier# 9781138151185
Stock numberY217370 00081154