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Queer Whispers : Gay & Lesbian Voices Of Irish Fiction

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ISBN: 9781910820889
AuthorCarregal, Jose
Pub Date19/09/2021
BindingPaperback
Pages250
CountryIRL
Dewey823.910994
Quick overview Before gay decriminalisation in 1993, there was no solid gay or lesbian tradition in Irish writing, due to the political and cultural dominance of a conservative, censorious Catholic ideology that conflated itself with notions of national identity and social respectability. Praised today as a beacon of gay rights, Ireland has become the first nation to legalise same-sex marriage by popular vote in 2015. Significantly, whereas in the recent past there was much silence, stigma and prejudice surrounding homosexuality, now there is a plethora of voices reclaiming equality, visibility and recognition. Yet today’s liberal culture still silences aspects of gay and lesbian life which go beyond the parameters of the ‘socially acceptable’ homosexual.
€30.00

1. “I don’t even know how to be a lesbian”: Lesbian Isolation and Vulnerability in 1980s and early 1990s Irish Fiction.

2. “A slow, laboured process of self-discovery”: The Feminist Politics of Mary Dorcey’s Fiction.

3. “Men Without Refuge”: The Subculture of Cruising in Irish Gay Short Stories.

4. “Love is War”: The Irish Gay Coming-Out Novel.

5. “The Only Real Way to Fight Evil is to Hold Someone’s Hand”: The Cultural Narratives of AIDS in Irish Fiction.

6. “The room feels warmer when you’re in it”: Lesbian Relationships in Emma Donoghue’s Contemporary-Set Novels.

7. “He did not Fit the Bill as a Gay Man”: Narratives of Gay Life and Identity in Celtic Tiger Ireland.

8. “A Nation of the Heart”: Queering the Past in Irish Historical Fiction.

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1. “I don’t even know how to be a lesbian”: Lesbian Isolation and Vulnerability in 1980s and early 1990s Irish Fiction.

2. “A slow, laboured process of self-discovery”: The Feminist Politics of Mary Dorcey’s Fiction.

3. “Men Without Refuge”: The Subculture of Cruising in Irish Gay Short Stories.

4. “Love is War”: The Irish Gay Coming-Out Novel.

5. “The Only Real Way to Fight Evil is to Hold Someone’s Hand”: The Cultural Narratives of AIDS in Irish Fiction.

6. “The room feels warmer when you’re in it”: Lesbian Relationships in Emma Donoghue’s Contemporary-Set Novels.

7. “He did not Fit the Bill as a Gay Man”: Narratives of Gay Life and Identity in Celtic Tiger Ireland.

8. “A Nation of the Heart”: Queering the Past in Irish Historical Fiction.

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