Sinners and Citizens

List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Preface
Introduction
Theoretical Considerations
Structure of the Study
Method
Ethical Considerations
PART ONE: 18801920: THE SODOMY PARADIGM
1. A Broken Silence: Legislation and Society, 18801920
The Supreme Court
"Exceptional People"
Conclusions
2. Life in the Village: Bestiality in the Countryside, 18801920
Sexual Practice
Social Control
Forensic Psychiatry
Conclusions
3. Bedfellows and Sodomites: Sexuality between Men in the Countryside, 18801920
Sexual Practice
Social Control
Conclusions
First Interlude: "I Was Bolsius": Religious Fervor in Värmland, 18981901
4. Urban Cowboys and Small-Town Romance: Bestiality and Male Same-Sex Sexuality in the City, 18801920
Urban Bestiality
Male Same-Sex Sexual Practice
Social Control
Forensic Psychiatry
Conclusions
Second Interlude: "Then You Understand": Romantic Friendship in Härnösand, 1918
PART TWO: 19201950: THE HOMOSEXUAL PARADIGM
5. A Legal Dilemma: Legislation and the Central Government, 19201950
Punishment or Treatment?
Legislative Reform
The Church
The Supreme Court
Conclusions
6. A Tenacious Tradition: Bestiality in Rural Sweden, 19201950
Sexual Practice
Social Control
Forensic Psychiatry
Conclusions
7. Classified Ads and Hermaphrodites: Male Same-Sex Sexuality in Rural Sweden, 19201950
Sexual Practice
Social Control
Conclusions
Third Interlude: Looking for a Friend: Sodomy and Sexuality in Lapland, 19361944
8. Policing Male Networks: Male Same-Sex Sexuality in Urban Sweden, 19201950
Sexual Practice
Social Control
Forensic Psychiatry
Conclusions
Fourth Interlude: "I'm an Ordinary Bög": Urban Homosexual Culture Transposed
9. A Well of Desire: Female Same-Sex Sexuality, 18801950
Sexual Practice
Social Control
Conclusions
Concluding Discussion
Sexual Practice
Social Control
Paradigmatic Change
Appendix: Questions in Special Questionnaire Sp 226
Notes
Works Cited
Index