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Queering conflict : examining lesbian and gay experiences of homophobia in Northern Ireland /

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 20th century. This book takes the failure of the British Government to extend the 1967 Sexual Offences Act to Northern Ir...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Duggan, Marian
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., ©2012.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Contextualising Prejudice and 'Hate' in Northern Ireland; 2 Constructing 'Acceptable Victims': Violence, Regulation and Resistance; 3 Playing Sexual Politics: Overcoming Criminalisation, Conflict and Condemnation; 5 A Woman's Worth: Lesbian Lives in Northern Ireland; 6 Experiencing 'Rebirth': Surviving Sexual Disallowance; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.