Judging homosexuals
Subtitle: a history of gay persecution in Quebec and France
By: Patrice Corriveau ; translated by Käthe Roth ; with a foreword by Barry Adam
Contributors: Roth, Käthe
Series: Sexuality studies series; Sexuality studies series
Publisher: UBC Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Vancouver
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780774817202; 9780774817219
Subjects: Gays; Homosexuality; Legal status, laws; History
Work titles: Répression des homosexuels en France et au Québec
Description: "In 2004, the first same-sex couple legally married in Quebec. How did homosexuality - an act that had for centuries been defined as abominable and criminal - come to be sanctioned by law? Judging Homosexuals finds answers in a comparative analysis of gay persecution in France and Quebec, places that share a common culture but have diverging legal traditions. In both settings, Patrice Corriveau explores how various groups - family and clergy, doctors and jurists - tried to manage people who were defined in turn as sinners, as criminals, as inverts, and as citizens to be protected by law. By bringing to light the various discourses that have over time supported the control and persecution of individual homoerotic behaviour in France and Quebec, this book makes the case that when it came to managing sexuality, the law helped construct the crime"--Unedited summary from book cover.
Notes: Translation of: La répression des homosexuels au Québec et en France.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [172]-204) and index.