Experiences beyond the threshold: Sydney's gay bathhouses

Prior, JH

Experiences beyond the threshold: Sydney's gay bathhouses

Prior, JH

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Publisher:: Routledge
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Australian Cultural History, 2009, 27 (1), pp. 61 - 77
Issue Date:: 2009-01

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dc.date.issued	2009-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Australian Cultural History, 2009, 27 (1), pp. 61 - 77	en_US
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dc.description.abstract	The gay bathhouse played a central role in the battle for gay liberation in Sydney during the latter part of the twentieth century. Utilising fifty in-depth interviews, as well as extensive archival research, this article provides an insight into how the evolving public domain of Sydney's gay bathhouses fostered the experiences of gay men and contributed to the development of a vibrant, validated homosexual culture within the city. The dynamic nature of these spaces allowed gay men an unprecedented opportunity to develop, experience and express, individual and collective sexual identities and practices.	en_US
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Abstract:

The gay bathhouse played a central role in the battle for gay liberation in Sydney during the latter part of the twentieth century. Utilising fifty in-depth interviews, as well as extensive archival research, this article provides an insight into how the evolving public domain of Sydney's gay bathhouses fostered the experiences of gay men and contributed to the development of a vibrant, validated homosexual culture within the city. The dynamic nature of these spaces allowed gay men an unprecedented opportunity to develop, experience and express, individual and collective sexual identities and practices.

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