''Curing queers'' : Mental Nurses and Their Patients, 1935–74

Name: ''Curing queers''
Brand: Manchester University Press
SKU: 9781784993580
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ISBN: 9781784993580

by Tommy Dickinson

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Nursing History and Humanities

ISBN-10 1784993581

ISBN-13 9781784993580

Publisher Manchester University Press

Imprint Manchester University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Feb 11th, 2016

Print length 272 Pages

Weight 382 grams

Dimensions 14.20 x 21.60 x 2.00 cms

Product Classification: LGBTQIA+ Studies / topics Gay studies (Gay men)History of medicine Psychiatric nursing Psychiatric nursing / Mental health nursing

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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. -- .

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.

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