Peter Wildeblood (1923–1999)
Auteur de Against the Law
Œuvres de Peter Wildeblood
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- Date de naissance
- 1923-05-19
- Date de décès
- 1999-11-14
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Alassio, Italy
- Lieux de résidence
- London, England, UK
Southern Rhodesia - Études
- University of Oxford (Trinity College)
- Professions
- waiter
journalist
convict
gay rights activist
producer - Organisations
- Daily Mail
Royal Air Force (WWII)
Membres
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 6
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 112
- Popularité
- #174,306
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 6
Definitely essential reading for anyone interested in the life of gay men in early fifties London and the events that led up to the Wolfenden Report; also pretty useful for what it tells about prison life at that time. But it shouldn't be taken in isolation, because of the way it distorts the facts in Wildeblood's favour. Some of Wildeblood's understanding of what was going on also doesn't seem to be supported by other evidence, in particular the idea that the Montagu prosecution was part of a witch-hunt designed to appease the Americans after the defection of Burgess and Maclean. See for instance Patrick Higgins, Heterosexual dictatorship for a fierce critique of Wildeblood's account. Higgins dismisses the idea of the witch-hunt completely, arguing that it had more to do with a shift in the way the press reported prosecutions for sexual offences.… (plus d'informations)