The HMSAfricanRevisited

The Royal Navy and the Homosexual Community

Bibliographic Data

ID3638992
AuthorsB R Burg (Arizona State University, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume56
Issue2
Pages173-194
Publication date2009-02-06
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00918360802623149
PMID19197648
OpenAlexW2060124491
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited10

The article contains both a survey of writings on homosexuality in military organizations since the early 1970s, and a reexamination of the homoerotic involvements on the Royal Navy's HMS Africaine from 1811 to 1815. The Africaine affair, first studied by Arthur N. Gilbert in 1974, involved a sexually active coterie on board the ship that included a large segment of the crewmembers. Analytical structures for studying all-male sexuality 30 years ago have gradually been superseded by new theoretical paradigms, and these more recently developed approaches can be used effectively to provide a greater understanding of the events that led to a series of courts martial and the hanging of four of the Africaine's men in 1816

Homosexuality · Human sexuality · Navy · Political science · Sociology · African history and culture studies · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · History · Law