TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mason,Gail
TI  - The spectacle of violence: homophobia, gender, and knowledge 
T2  - Writing corporealit[i]es
SN  - 0415189551
AV  - HQ76.45.A8 M37 2002
U1  - 303.60994 21
PY  - 2002///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Homophobia
KW  - Australia
KW  - Gays
KW  - Violence against
KW  - Prejudices
KW  - Homosexuality
KW  - Violence
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Looking through experience -- Disorder -- Different territory: a question of intersectionality? -- Body maps: envisaging homophobia, violence and safety -- Backlight and shadow: constituting danger -- Violence: an instrument of power
N2  - "The Spectacle of Violence explores the issues surrounding violence and hostility towards lesbians and gay men. Drawing on in-depth interviews with women reflecting a range of experiences of verbal hostility, physical violence and sexual violence, Gail Mason asks fundamental questions about where violence comes from and what effects it has. How do lesbians and gay men manage the risk of violence? And what is the relationship between violence and power?" "Challenging current thinking, Mason highlights the ways in which different identities, different bodies and different systems of thought interact. She argues for the importance of thinking about homophobic violence in the context of other core issues such as gender and race. Examining the visual nature of violence, she demonstrates how violence infiltrates not just the daily experience of lesbians and gay men, but also the knowledge systems through which we construct and recognise sexual identities." "Focusing on 'real life' experiences of violence, The Spectacle of Violence is an important contribution to current thought about violence. Moving beyond issues of causation and prevention, it offers new ways of theorising the relationship between identity, knowledge and power."--Jacket
ER  -