Heroes and Lovers: A Question of National Identity by Rosemary Campbell

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Faint marks inside front cover. Light foxing to top foredge.

Heroes and Lovers examines how the presence in Australia during WWII of American troops, a significant and highly visible proportion of whom were African Americans, contributed to the questioning of sexual roles and expectations and relationships between black and white Australia.

It explores the repeated outbursts of rioting and violent confrontation, usually over women, between black and white US servicemen, Australian servicemen and male civilians. (back cover)