Sat June 21, 2014
Free Lecture on Naval History and Gays in the Military
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at Treasure Island Museum
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Expanding By Shrinking to Meet Wartime Manpower: A Case Study of the Bay
During World War II, the Treasure Island Naval Base stockades and psychiatric ward bore witness to the first stirrings of a 70 year evolution in military policy toward gays. Psychiatric practices screened out, then hospitalized, discharged or even assigned "homosexuals" rather than punishing and imprisoning them. Visual culture from the period and psychiatric and popular assumptions and prejudices illuminate the impact of the war effort and psychiatry on society's attitudes towards an emerging minority identity.
Speaker: David Duckworth, historian and author on American visual culture.
Part of a monthly lecture series titled, "Little Island, Big Ideas" presented by the Treasure Island Museum.
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During World War II, the Treasure Island Naval Base stockades and psychiatric ward bore witness to the first stirrings of a 70 year evolution in military policy toward gays. Psychiatric practices screened out, then hospitalized, discharged or even assigned "homosexuals" rather than punishing and imprisoning them. Visual culture from the period and psychiatric and popular assumptions and prejudices illuminate the impact of the war effort and psychiatry on society's attitudes towards an emerging minority identity.
Speaker: David Duckworth, historian and author on American visual culture.
Part of a monthly lecture series titled, "Little Island, Big Ideas" presented by the Treasure Island Museum.
Expanding By Shrinking to Meet Wartime Manpower: A Case Study of the Bay
During World War II, the Treasure Island Naval Base stockades and psychiatric ward bore witness to the first stirrings of a 70 year evolution in military policy toward gays. Psychiatric practices screened out, then hospitalized, discharged or even assigned "homosexuals" rather than punishing and imprisoning them. Visual culture from the period and psychiatric and popular assumptions and prejudices illuminate the impact of the war effort and psychiatry on society's attitudes towards an emerging minority identity.
Speaker: David Duckworth, historian and author on American visual culture.
Part of a monthly lecture series titled, "Little Island, Big Ideas" presented by the Treasure Island Museum.
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During World War II, the Treasure Island Naval Base stockades and psychiatric ward bore witness to the first stirrings of a 70 year evolution in military policy toward gays. Psychiatric practices screened out, then hospitalized, discharged or even assigned "homosexuals" rather than punishing and imprisoning them. Visual culture from the period and psychiatric and popular assumptions and prejudices illuminate the impact of the war effort and psychiatry on society's attitudes towards an emerging minority identity.
Speaker: David Duckworth, historian and author on American visual culture.
Part of a monthly lecture series titled, "Little Island, Big Ideas" presented by the Treasure Island Museum.
show less
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Treasure Island Museum
Building One, Treasure Island, Room 111, San Francisco, CA 94130
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