Homosexuality, Law, and Resistance
By: [by] Derek McGhee.
Series: Routledge Research in Gender and Society #9
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London, England; New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9780415249027
Subjects: Homosexuality -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain.
Description: "Homosexuality, Law and Resistance explores contemporary social theory and developments in the study of sexuality through the analysis of law and its practices. Each chapter explores the power of discourse in law in relation to homosexualities, while simultaneously examining how homosexuals resist and disrupt these legal discourses." "The book includes detailed case narratives of some of the most highly publicised and far-reaching contemporary struggles surrounding homosexuality in law. These include the ban on homosexuals from serving in the armed forces and the reduction of the homosexual age of consent. It also contains case studies focused on the plight of homosexual refugees in asylum and immigrations procedures." "Many of the themes explored in this book will be of interest to students and academics working in the fields of sociology, cultural studies, law, politics, gender studies and sexuality. This timely work will prove a valuable addition to the literature of all these fields."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-211) and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: xi; title: Introduction
pagenum: 1; label: 1
title: Military Men: Queering the Homosocial Habitus
pagenum: 25; label: 2
title: Authenticity, Evasion, and the Unknowable Homosexual
pagenum: 61; label: 3
title: Persecution and Immutable Identities: Homosexual Refugees
pagenum: 88; label: 4
title: The Fear of "Homosexual Spread": Legislating the Heteronormativity of Protection 1957-2000
pagenum: 116; title: Conclusion: Accommodation Trouble, Queer Legal Theory and Politics
pagenum: 162; title: Appendix
pagenum: 178; title: Notes
pagenum: 179; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 197; title: Index
pagenum: 213