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Pink Blood : Homophobic Violence in Canada /

"Pink Blood is the first book to analyse homophobic violence in Canada on a national scale. Douglas Victor Janoff uses legal records, case studies, and interviews with victims, activists, and police officers from thirty cities to convey the devastating impact this violence has had on queer Cana...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Janoff, Douglas, 1958-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, 2005.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Methodology and the media: reading between the lines
  • Theories of homophobia: why do they want to hurt us?
  • The horror of homophobic violence
  • Law, homophobia, and violence: legislating against hate
  • Homo-cide: getting away with it?
  • Homophobia, violence, and policing in Canada
  • Urban cowboys and rural rednecks: community resistance to homophobic violence.