'Curing Queers': Mental Nurses and Their Patients, 1935-74

by Tommy Dickinson

Book Overview

Drawing on a rich array of source materials including previously unseen, fascinating (and often quite moving) oral histories, archival and news media sources, 'Curing queers' examines the plight of men who were institutionalised in British mental hospitals to receive 'treatment' for homosexuality and transvestism, and the perceptions and actions of the men and women who nursed them. It examines why the majority of the nurses followed orders in administering...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1784993581
• ISBN13: 9781784993580
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"