Browsing Faculty of Humanities by Subject "Homosexuality"
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'Doing' and 'using' sexual orientation: the role of gay male pornographic film in the identity construction of gay men
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)The taken-for-granted dominance of heteronormativity in contemporary society has been well documented and critiqued in several social science studies. Acutely aware of its fragility and vulnerability (Butler 1991), its ... -
Shifting sexual morality? Changing views on homosexuality in Afrikaner society during the 1960s
(Historical Association of South Africa, 2012)A police raid on a gay party in Johannesburg in 1966 set in motion a series of events which led to a proposal in parliament that there be amendments made to the Immorality Act that would criminalise male and female ... -
Sociology as bridge over troubled waters: establishing a link between the principles of lesbian and gay studies and queer theory
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)Lesbian and gay studies emerged in the late 1950s and provided what several academics considered a homogeneous representation of the lesbian and gay community. Based on the critique of this view, queer theory came to the ...