The Spectacle of Violence: Homophobia, Gender and Knowledge

ISBN-13: 9780415189552 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 176 str.

Gail Mason;Mason Gail

Opis

This text explores the issues surrounding violence and hostility towards lesbians and gay men. Drawing on in-depth interviews with women reflecting a range of experiences of verbal hostility, physical violence and sexual violence, The author asks fundamental questions about where violence comes from and what effects it has. How do lesbians and gay men manage the risk of violence? And what is the relationship between violence and power? The book argues for the importance of thinking about homophobic violence in the context of other core issues such as gender and race. Examining the visual nature of violence, it demonstrates how violence infiltrates not just the daily experience of lesbians and gay men, but also the knowledge systems through which we construct and recognize sexual identities. Focusing on real life experiences of violence, this text should prove a valuable contribution to current thought about violence. Moving beyond issues of causation and prevention, it offers alternative ways of theorizing the relationship between identity, knowledge and power.

Spis treści

Introduction; Chapter 1 Looking through Experience; Chapter 2 Disorder; Chapter 3 Different Territory; Chapter 4 Body Maps; Chapter 5 Backlight and Shadow; Chapter 6 Violence;

O autorze

Gail Mason is Lecturer in the Department of Gender Studies at The University of Sydney.