RT Book, Whole
T1 Queer Whispers: Gay and Lesbian Voices of Irish Fiction
A1 Carregal Romero, José
AB Before gay decriminalisation in 1993, there was no solid gay or lesbian tradition in Irish writing, due to the political and cultural dominance of a conservative, censorious Catholic ideology that conflated itself with notions of national identity and social respectability. Praised today as a beacon of gay rights, Ireland has become the first nation to legalise same-sex marriage by popular vote in 2015. Significantly, whereas in the recent past there was much silence, stigma and prejudice surrounding homosexuality, now there is a plethora of voices reclaiming equality, visibility and recognition. Yet today's liberal culture still silences aspects of gay and lesbian life which go beyond the parameters of the 'socially acceptable' homosexual.Queer Whispers: Gay and Lesbian Voices in Irish Fiction is the first comprehensive survey of gay and lesbian-themed fiction in Ireland, from the late 1970s until today. The book foregrounds the cultural contribution of Irish writers whose subversive, dissident voices decidedly challenged not only the homophobia and heteronormative values of Catholic Ireland, but also the persistent discrimination of more liberal times. Through the analyses of representative novels and short stories, the book addresses a number of social issues - lesbian invisibility, same-sex parenthood, sexual subcultures, HIV/AIDS and the liberalisation of Ireland, among many others -, considering how these fictions favoured a broader cultural and political awareness of the oppression and silencing of lesbian and gay people over the last decades in Ireland.The writing explored in Queer Whispers consistently exposes the limitations imposed by silence, and, while doing so, articulates a new language of recognition and resilience of the continued struggles faced by queer Ireland.
PB University College Dublin Press
SN 9781910820889
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/23216
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/23216
LA eng
NO Carregal, J. (2021). Queer Whispers: Gay and Lesbian Voices of Irish Fiction. University College Dublin Press.
NO The present volume concentrates on the contemporary moment, from the late 1970s until the late 2010s, tracing the ways in which a number of Irish authors challenged a public language of homophobia and heterosexism. Queer Whispers: Gay and Lesbian Voices in Irish Fiction thus covers (non-exhaustive but wide) selection of twenty-four novels and eleven short story collections which have given voice to gay and lesbian issues, experiences, and identities in Irish society, against a background of non-recognition and silence.
NO "Inconvenient Truths: Cultural Practices of Silence in Contemporary Irish Fiction" (code FFI2017-84619-P) funded by Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 10 may 2026