TY  - BOOK
AU  - Weiss,Meredith L.
AU  - Bosia,Michael J.
AU  - 
TI  - Global homophobia: states, movements, and the politics of oppression 
SN  - 9780252095009
AV  - HQ76 .G563 2013
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Urbana
PB  - University of Illinois Press
KW  - Homophobia
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Europe
KW  - United States
KW  - Homosexuality
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Gay rights
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Political homophobia in comparative perspective; Michael J. Bosia and Meredith L. Weiss --; Why states act : homophobia and crisis; Michael J. Bosia --; America's Cold War empire : exporting the lavender scare; David K. Johnson --; The marriage of convenience : the U.S. Christian Right, African Christianity, and Postcolonial politics of sexual identity; Kapya J. Kaoma --; Gay rights and political homophobia in Postcommunist Europe : is there an "EU effect"?; Conor O'Dwyer --; Sexual politics and constitutional reform in Ecuador : from Neoliberalism to the Buen Vivir; Amy Lind --; Prejudice before Pride : rise of an anticipatory countermovement; Meredith L. Weiss --; Homophobia as a tool of statecraft : Iran and its queers; Katarzyna Korycki and Abouzar Nasirzadeh --; Navigating international rights and local politics : sexuality governance in postcolonial settings; Sami Zeidan --; Theorizing the politics of (homo)sexualities across cultures; Mark Blasius --; Conclusion : on the interplay of state homophobia and homoprotectionism; Christine (Cricket) Keating; 2; b
N2  - While homophobia is commonly characterized as individual and personal prejudice, this collection of essays instead explores homophobia as a transnational political phenomenon. Contributors theorize homophobia as a distinct configuration of repressive state-sponsored policies and practices with their own causes, explanations, and effects on how sexualities are understood and experienced in a range of national contexts
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