Queering Conflict

Examining Lesbian and Gay Experiences of Homophobia in Northern Ireland

Marian Duggan (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

174 Seiten

2012
Routledge (Verlag)
9781409420163 (ISBN)

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Offers an analysis into the ways in which homophobia in Northern Ireland has been informed and sustained during the latter half of the 20th century. This book shows how the influence of moral and religious conservatism born out of sectarian divisions led to homophobia becoming an integral part of community cohesion and identity formation.

Queering Conflict offers a unique culturally specific analysis into the ways in which homophobia in Northern Ireland has been informed and sustained during the latter half of the twentieth century. This book takes the failure of the British Government to extend the 1967 Sexual Offences Act to Northern Ireland as its central point to demonstrate the subtle, but important, differences governing attitudes towards homosexuality in Northern Ireland. Both homophobia and hate crimes are shown to be situated within the framework of Northern Ireland's socio-political history as well as part of an overall culture of violence which existed as a result of 'the Troubles'. Duggan shows how the influence of moral and religious conservatism born out of sectarian divisions led to homophobia becoming an integral part of community cohesion and identity formation. Decades of political instability led to the marginalization of rights for lesbians and gay men, but the peace process has led to the development of a discourse of equality which is slowly allowing sexual minorities to situate themselves within the new Northern Ireland.

Marian Duggan, Lecturer in Criminology, Department of Law, Criminology and Community Justice, Sheffield Hallam University Sheffield, UK

Introduction; Chapter 1 Contextualising Prejudice and ‘Hate’ in Northern Ireland; Chapter 2 Constructing ‘Acceptable Victims’: Violence, Regulation and Resistance; Chapter 3 Playing Sexual Politics: Overcoming Criminalisation, Conflict and Condemnation; Chapter 4 The Moral Maze: Negotiating Sexual and Spiritual Selves; Chapter 5 A Woman’s Worth: Lesbian Lives in Northern Ireland; Chapter 6 Experiencing ‘Rebirth’: Surviving Sexual Disallowance; Chapter 7 Conclusion;

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.1.2012
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-13	9781409420163 / 9781409420163
Zustand	Neuware