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Global homophobia : states, movements, and the politics of oppression / Meredith L. Weiss, Michael J. Bosia, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gay rights.
- Homophobia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (281 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana, Ilinois : University of Illinois Press, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- While homophobia is commonly characterized as individual and personal prejudice, this collection of essays instead explores homophobia as a transnational political phenomenon. Contributors theorize homophobia as a distinct configuration of repressive state-sponsored policies and practices with their own causes, explanations, and effects on how sexualities are understood and experienced in a range of national contexts. The essays include a broad range of geographic cases, including Cameroon, Ecuador, Iran, Lebanon, Poland, Singapore, and the United States.
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Chapter 1 Political Homophobia in Comparative Perspective ""; ""Chapter 2 Why States Act: Homophobia and Crisis""; ""Chapter 3 America's Cold War Empire: Exporting the Lavender Scare""; ""Chapter 4 The Marriage of Convenience: The U.S. Christian Right, African Christianity, and Postcolonial Politics of Sexual Identity""; ""Chapter 5 Gay Rights and Political Homophobia in Postcommunist Europe: Is there an ""EU Effect""?""; ""Chapter 6 Sexual Politics and Constitutional Reform in Ecuador: From Neoliberalism to the Buen Vivir""
- ""Chapter 7 Prejudice before Pride: Rise of an Anitcipatory Countermovement""""Chapter 8 Homophobia as a Tool of Statecraft: Iran and Its Queers""; ""Chapter 9 Navigating International Rights and Local Politics: Sexuality Governance in Postcolonial Settings""; ""Chapter 10 Theorizing the Politics of (Homo)Sexualities across Cultures""; ""Chapter 11 Conclusion: On the Interplay of State Homophobia and Homoprotectionism""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 6, 2013).
- ISBN:
- 0-252-09500-6
- OCLC:
- 961590395
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