Queer whispers gay and lesbian voices of Irish fiction
"Before Ireland decriminalized same-sex sexual activity in 1993, the nation was essentially devoid of an LGBTQ literary tradition, due to the political and cultural dominance of conservative, censorious ideology. Though the situation has drastically changed in some ways since then--the first na...
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Dublin, Ireland
University College Dublin Press (Press Choláiste Ollscoile Bhaile Átha Cliath)
2021
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Inhaltsangabe:
- I don't even know how to be a lesbian: isolation and vulnerability in 1980s and early 1990s Irish lesbian fiction
- Coming clear of years of camouflage: the feminist politics of Mary Dorcey's lesbian fiction
- Men without refuge: the subculture of cruising in Irish gay short stories
- Love is war: the Irish gay coming-out novel
- The only real way to fight evil is to hold someone's hand: the cultural narratives of AIDS in Irish fiction
- The room feels warmer when you're in it: lesbian relationships in Emma Donoghue's contemporary-set novels
- He did not fit the bill as a gay man: narratives of gay life and identity in Celtic Tiger Ireland
- A nation of the heart: queering the past in Irish historical fiction