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Terrible Queer Creatures: A History of Homosexuality in Irish History

Brian Lacey

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Description:The ‘love that dare not speak its name’ was as common in Ireland throughout all stages of its history as it was in other parts of the world. Under certain cultural and historical conditions the expression of homosexuality in Ireland, as elsewhere, became more accepted or, at least, more visible than at any other times.This book attempts to describe some of that visibility from early Ireland to the late 20th century. But it is clear that, like an iceberg, a far greater part of the story remains, and will almost certainly always remain, invisible. That is not just because homosexuality was often a deliberately concealed or secret thing. On the contrary, for some periods of our history its very absence from the record may in fact be a reflection of how ordinary, commonplace and unremarkable its expression was. Several writers on gay history, such as Martin Duberman, have alluded to the paradox that although we have, relatively speaking, only a tiny amount of historical documentation of heterosexual behaviour in the past, no one would claim that this is an accurate reflection of what actually took place. There is no reason to think that homosexual behaviour was any different.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Terrible Queer Creatures: A History of Homosexuality in Irish History. To get started finding Terrible Queer Creatures: A History of Homosexuality in Irish History, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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ISBN: 1905569238

Description: The ‘love that dare not speak its name’ was as common in Ireland throughout all stages of its history as it was in other parts of the world. Under certain cultural and historical conditions the expression of homosexuality in Ireland, as elsewhere, became more accepted or, at least, more visible than at any other times.This book attempts to describe some of that visibility from early Ireland to the late 20th century. But it is clear that, like an iceberg, a far greater part of the story remains, and will almost certainly always remain, invisible. That is not just because homosexuality was often a deliberately concealed or secret thing. On the contrary, for some periods of our history its very absence from the record may in fact be a reflection of how ordinary, commonplace and unremarkable its expression was. Several writers on gay history, such as Martin Duberman, have alluded to the paradox that although we have, relatively speaking, only a tiny amount of historical documentation of heterosexual behaviour in the past, no one would claim that this is an accurate reflection of what actually took place. There is no reason to think that homosexual behaviour was any different.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Terrible Queer Creatures: A History of Homosexuality in Irish History. To get started finding Terrible Queer Creatures: A History of Homosexuality in Irish History, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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