Queer Wales : the history, culture and politics of queer life in Wales / edited by Huw Osborne.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Osborne, Huw Edwin, editor.

Series:

Gender studies in Wales

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homosexuality--Wales--History.

Homosexuality.

Sexual minorities--Wales--History.

Sexual minorities.

Sex--Wales--History.

Sex.

History.

Wales.

LGBTQ+ people.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2016.

Summary:

This book provides varied perspectives on queer history, culture, politics and life in Wales. It addresses the queering of the Welsh language from the middle ages to the twenty-first century, and it acquaints readers with such figures as Felicia Hemans, Cranogwen, George Powell and Edward Thomas. It further explores forms of lesbian belonging, the possibilities of transgender Wales, the communities of queer Welsh television and film, and the many places of the queer Welsh 'home'. This book brings together for the first time work by a wide variety of authors from varied areas of queer Welsh culture; its chapters mark the beginning of what will be an ongoing discussion of sexual and national life in Wales, with essays that launch an important discussion of queer life and suggest that perhaps Wales has always been a bit of a queer place to live. Book jacket.

Contents:

I The Queer Past Before 1900

1 Queer Loss: Felicia Hemans, (Trans)nationalisms and the Welsh Bard / Daniel Hannah Hannah, Daniel 15

2 'Gender difference is nothing': Cranogwen and Victorian Wales / Jane Aaron Aaron, Jane 29

3 'Please don't whip me this time': The Passions of George Powell of Nant-Eos / Many Heuser Heuser, Many 45

4 From Huw Arwystli to Sion Eirian: Representitive Examples of Cadi/Queer Life from Medieval to Twentieth Century Welsh Literature / Mihangel Morgan Morgan, Mihangel 65

II Placing Queer Wales After 1900

5 'A queer kind of fancy': Women, Same-sex Desire and Nation in Welsh Literature / Kirsti Bohata Bohata, Kirsti 91

6 'Not friends/But fellows in a union that ends': Associations of Welshness and Non-heteronormativity in Edward Thomas / Andrew Webb Webb, Andrew 115

7 Fairy-tale Drag and the Transgender Nation in Rhys Davies, Erica Wooff and Jan Morris / Huw Osborne Osborne, Huw 126

III Building Queer Wales Post-Devolution

8 Lesbian Motherhood in the South Wales Valleys: A Narrative Exploration / Alys Einion Einion, Alys 147

9 Living in Fear: Homophobic Hate Crime in Wales / Matthew Williams Williams, Matthew, Jasmin Tregidga Tregidga, Jasmin 159

10 Heb Addysg, Heb Ddawn (Without Education, Without Gift): LGBTQ Youth in Educational Settings in Wales / John Sam Jones Jones, John Sam 177

IV Performing Contemporary Queer Wales

11 Omnisexuality and the City: Exploring National and Sexual Identity through BBC Wales's Torchwood / Rebecca Williams Williams, Rebecca, Ruth McElroy McElroy, Ruth 195

12 Queer/Welsh and Welsh/Queer: Performing Hybrid Wales / Stephen Greer Greer, Stephen 209.

ISBN:

9781783168637

1783168633

OCLC:

944087582

Publisher Number:

99969121365