Chris Ashford
Biographic Data
| ID | 658436 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chris Ashford |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chris |
| FAMILY NAME | Ashford |
| SIGNATURE | ASHFORD C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northumbria University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3290-2602 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
(Re)regulating gay sex in viral times
COVID-19 has transformed the way we live our lives, and sex has been a significant element of that transformation. Gay male sex in the UK has faced the most significant (re)criminalisation and (re)regulation in living memory with intimacy outside of the heteronormative framework of domestic coupledom at best discouraged and, at worst, made into a criminal offence. This criminalisation provides a temporal praxis in which gay men experience sex in …
Bareback sex, queer legal theory, and evolving socio-legal contexts
This article seeks to explore bareback sex in the context of an evolving socio-legal landscape. The emergence of homonormativity and the intrinsic focus upon marriage and an agenda of domesticity have cemented the ‘good gay’ at the heart of contemporary society. For the ‘bad queer’, bareback as identity and bareback as act can be negotiated as points of difference, but the law continues to struggle with such difference. Instead, we increasingly s…
Sexualities and the law
This special issue of Sexualities seeks to give prominence to an area that regularly features indirectly in the study and exploration of sexualities but is all too often at the periphery. This collection aims to place the law at the heart of a series of international responses to challenges and debates in the field of sexualities. The relationship between gender, sexuality, and law has a long and complex history, although our understanding of ind…
Barebacking and the 'Cult of Violence
This article seeks to revisit the law in relation to the sexual phenomenon of barebacking. Drawing upon queer theory, the article seeks to evaluate critically the development of the criminal law in relation to the practice of 'unsafe' sex by men with other men, known as barebacking, along with the broader casting of the judiciary as sexual custos mores. It will argue that the present heteronormative legal and cultural framework largely reflects a…
Barebacking and the 'Cult of Violence
This article seeks to revisit the law in relation to the sexual phenomenon of barebacking. Drawing upon queer theory, the article seeks to evaluate critically the development of the criminal law in relation to the practice of 'unsafe' sex by men with other men, known as barebacking, along with the broader casting of the judiciary as sexual custos mores. It will argue that the present heteronormative legal and cultural framework largely reflects a…
Barebacking and the 'Cult of Violence
This article seeks to revisit the law in relation to the sexual phenomenon of barebacking. Drawing upon queer theory, the article seeks to evaluate critically the development of the criminal law in relation to the practice of 'unsafe' sex by men with other men, known as barebacking, along with the broader casting of the judiciary as sexual custos mores. It will argue that the present heteronormative legal and cultural framework largely reflects a…
Sexualities and the law
This special issue of Sexualities seeks to give prominence to an area that regularly features indirectly in the study and exploration of sexualities but is all too often at the periphery. This collection aims to place the law at the heart of a series of international responses to challenges and debates in the field of sexualities. The relationship between gender, sexuality, and law has a long and complex history, although our understanding of ind…
Bareback sex, queer legal theory, and evolving socio-legal contexts
This article seeks to explore bareback sex in the context of an evolving socio-legal landscape. The emergence of homonormativity and the intrinsic focus upon marriage and an agenda of domesticity have cemented the ‘good gay’ at the heart of contemporary society. For the ‘bad queer’, bareback as identity and bareback as act can be negotiated as points of difference, but the law continues to struggle with such difference. Instead, we increasingly s…
(Re)regulating gay sex in viral times
COVID-19 has transformed the way we live our lives, and sex has been a significant element of that transformation. Gay male sex in the UK has faced the most significant (re)criminalisation and (re)regulation in living memory with intimacy outside of the heteronormative framework of domestic coupledom at best discouraged and, at worst, made into a criminal offence. This criminalisation provides a temporal praxis in which gay men experience sex in …
Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (3 works) · Queer (3 works) · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law in Society and Culture (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works)