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Autore |
Corriveau Patrice <1974-> |
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Titolo |
Judging homosexuals [[electronic resource] ] : a history of gay persecution in Quebec and France / / Patrice Corriveau ; translated by Käthe Roth ; with a foreword by Barry Adam |
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Vancouver, : UBC Press, 2011 |
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1-283-05428-0 |
9786613054289 |
0-7748-1722-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (245 p.) |
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Collana |
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Sexuality studies, , 1706-9947 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Homosexuality - Social aspects - Québec (Province) - History |
Homosexuality - Social aspects - France - History |
Gay people - Legal status, laws, etc - Québec (Province) - History |
Gay people - Legal status, laws, etc - France - History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Translation of: La répression des homosexuels au Québec et en France. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Ancient Greece to the Seventeenth Century: From Pederasty to Sodomy -- 2. Grande Ordonnance of 1670 to the British Conquest: The Sodomist and the Stake -- 3. British Conquest to the Late Nineteenth Century: From the Sodomist to the Invert, or From the Priest to the Physician -- 4. Late Nineteenth Century to the Sexual Revolution: From Invert to Homosexual -- 5. 1970's to the Present: From Prison to City Hall. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In 2004, the first same-sex couple legally married in Quebec. How did homosexuality � an act that had for centuries been defined as abominable and criminal � come to be sanctioned by law? Judging Homosexuals finds answers in a comparative analysis of gay persecution in France and Quebec, places that share a common culture but have diverging legal traditions. In both settings, Patrice Corriveau explores how various groups � family and clergy, doctors and jurists � tried to manage people who were defined in turn as sinners, as criminals, as inverts, and as citizens to be protected by law. By bringing to light the various discourses that have over time supported the |
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