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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782914803321

Autore

Mason Gail

Titolo

The spectacle of violence : homophobia, gender and knowledge / / Gail Mason

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002

ISBN

1-134-65719-6

1-134-65720-X

1-280-06843-4

0-203-36078-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Collana

Writing Corporealites

Disciplina

303.60994

Soggetti

Homophobia - Australia

Gay people - Violence against - Australia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; The Spectacle of Violence; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: impetus; 1. Looking through experience; 2. Disorder; 3. Different territory: a question of intersectionality?; 4. Body maps: envisaging homophobia, violence and safety; 5. Backlight and shadow: constituting danger; 6. Violence: an instrument of power; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on in-depth interviews with women reflecting a range of experiences of verbal hostility, physical violence and sexual violence, Spectacle of Violence explores the issues surrounding violence and hostility towards lesbians and gay men.Challenging current thinking, Gail Mason highlights the ways in which different identities, bodes and systems of through interact, and asks fundamental questions:* Where does violence come from?* What effects does it have?* How do lesbians and gay men manage the risk of violence?* What is the relationship betwee