Political Homophobia in Comparative Perspective

States, Movements, and the Politics of Oppression

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ID19989230
AuthorsMichael J Bosia, Meredith L Wei (0000-0002-2667-9571), Meredith L Weiss
Year2017
Pages280
Publication date2017-04-20
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueGlobal Homophobia (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherUniversity of Illinois Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.5406/illinois/9780252037726.003.0001
OpenAlexW4253239806
Open LibraryOL28510515M
ISBN9780252037726
LanguageEN
Citations received9

This introductory chapter discusses political homophobia as a state strategy, social movement, and transnational phenomenon, powerful enough to structure the experiences of sexual minorities and expressions of sexuality. It considers political homophobia as purposeful, especially as practiced by state actors; as embedded in the scapegoating of an “other” that drives processes of state building and retrenchment; as the product of transnational influence peddling and alliances; and as integrated into questions of collective identity and the complicated legacies of colonialism. In this analysis, unexpected forms of political homophobia must be examined as typical tools for building an authoritative notion of national collective identity, for mobilizing around a variety of contentious issues and empowered actors, and as a metric of transnational institutional and ideological flows

Collective identity · Identity (music) · Ideology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Retrenchment · Scapegoating · Social movement · Sociology · State (computer science) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Gender Studies · Law · Public Administration · Essays · Gay rights · Government policy · Homophobia · Homosexuality · law and legislation · politics and government · Religious aspects

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