Global Homophobia - States, Movements, and the Politics of Oppression

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.

Summary

Explanations, and effects on how sexualities are understood and experienced in a range of national contexts.

Product details

• Authors: Meredith L. (EDT)/ Bosia Weiss, Meredith L. Bosia Weiss
• Assisted by: Michael J. Bosia (Editor), Meredith L. Weiss (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Illinois Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.10.2013
• EAN: 9780252079337
• ISBN: 978-0-252-07933-7
• No. of pages: 280
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas