| Description |
1 online resource (209 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Front Matter; Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1; Knowing dissent: Lesbian Sub-culture in the Female Factories of Van Diemen's Land; Notes; Chapter 2; Elite Courtship: The Case of Mabel Smyly and Dermod O'Brien, 1901-2; Notes; Chapter 3; 'Loose and Immoral Lives': Prostitution and the Female Criminal Inebriate in Ireland, 1900-18; Notes; Chapter 4; The Politics of Emigrant Bodies: Irish Women's Sexual Practice in Question; Notes; Chapter 5; 'Whenever a woman was needed': Garda Women Assistants in 1950s Dublin; Notes |
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Chapter 6School-Based Sex Eductation in Ireland, 1996-2002: The Public Debate; Notes; Chapter 7; Breaking the Silence: Pro-Choice Activism in Ireland since 1983; Notes; Bibliography; Appendix I; Appendix II; Chapter 8; Building Bodies: A Legal History of Intersex in Ireland; Select Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
The powerful story of gender history in Ireland and how the State treated its citizens on the basis of gender Insightful questions that challenge the concept of masculinity, femininity and 'otherness' within Irish society. Includes a fascinating study of activists from various campaigns that surround the progression of Pro-Choice and Pro-Life since 1983. This innovative and compelling collection offers a new understanding of sexual and gender politics throughout the 19th and 20th centuries in Ireland. This book provides a fresh approach to the perspectives of the past that are unheard of throu |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 9, 2015) |
| Subject |
Sex role -- Ireland
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Sex -- Ireland -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church
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Women -- Ireland -- Social conditions
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Sex -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church
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Sex role
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Women -- Social conditions
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Ireland
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Redmond, Jennifer, editor
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Luddy, Maria, author of introduction, etc
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| ISBN |
9780716532866 |
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0716532867 |
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