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    Unmanly Diversions: The Construction of the Homosexual Body (Politic) in English Law

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    In this article, the author interrogates the construction of gay male sexuality in legal and popular discourse. Focusing on two events-the decision of the House of Lords in Brown which upheld convictions of sadomasochists for assault, and publicity surrounding a serial killer of gay men in Britain-he argues that gay men are discursively constructed around the concepts of addiction, seduction, and contagion. Through the manipulation of these concepts, a linkage is created between sexual acts, sexual identities, the destruction of the gay male body, and a threat to the health and safety of the body politic as a whole

    Bad Attitude/s on Trial

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    Bad Attitude/s on Trial presents a critical analysis of pornography in the context of contemporary Canada, \u27 with a particular focus on the impact of the Supreme Court of Canada\u27s decision in R. v. Butler,2 and its reformulation of the basis of obscenity law. The book is co-written by four Canadian academics: Brenda Cossman, Shannon Bell, Lise Gotell, and Becki L. Ross. Each has contributed a separate section of the book, along with an introduction by Cossman and Bell. The result is a vital, theoretically sophisticated addition to the literature on pornography; a vivid documentation of the impact of obscenity law on the lives of lesbians, gay men, and others in Canada; and a scathing and powerful indictment of the complicity of anti-pornography feminists in the maintenance of the heteronormative moral order

    A Postmodern Constitutionalism: Equality Rights, Identity Politics, and the Canadian National Imagination

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    In the 1990s, identity has become the centrepiece of theoretical work in a variety of disciplines. We now know that, in the conditions of late modem (or postmodem) society, identity is complex-it is fragmented, intersected, subject to alteration, socially constructed and it exhibits only a partial fixity at any moment. Most important, identities are to be valued, respected, and understood on their own terms. However, we also have relearned (if we ever forgot) that identities can be dangerous and fatal, especially when they coalesce in the form of nationalism. In this article, I will explore the intersection of nationalism and identity in the Canadian context and will use as an example to explore these broad issues, the constitutional recognition of sexual orientation as a prohibited ground of discrimination

    Couplings: Civil Partnership in the United Kingdom

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