Barebacking and the 'Cult of Violence
Queering the Criminal Law
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5780254 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chris Ashford (0000-0002-3290-2602, Principal Lecturer in Law, Department of Law, University of Sunderland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 339-357 |
| Publication date | 2010-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Criminal Law (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0183 • E-ISSN: 1740-5580 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1350/jcla.2010.74.4.647 |
| OpenAlex | W3123928341 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
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 focus upon the 'good gay', de-sexed and constructed within a rights discourse, in contrast to Stychin's 'bad queer', sexual and defiant of a narrow heteronormative rights agenda, and embracing 'unsafe' and 'deviant' sexual practices. This article seeks to move the analysis of the criminal law on from the doctrinal debates that have dominated thus far, and onto a more theoretical exposition of the criminal law regarding barebacking as erotic play
Cult · Mores · Phenomenon · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Law in Society and Culture · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
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| Citation span | 2014 - 2017 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |