The politics of sexual morality in Ireland / Chrystel Hug ; consultant editor Jo Campling.
By: Hug, Chrystel
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Contributor(s): Campling, Jo.
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BookPublisher: Basingstoke : Macmillan, 1999Description: x, 284 p. ; 22 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0333662172 ; 0333662164 .Subject(s): Sexual ethics -- Ireland | Ireland -- Moral conditions | Ireland -- Social conditions -- 1973-DDC classification: 306.09415 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 306.09415 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00085719 |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The research for this book was prompted by a combination of events, in particular the election of Mary Robinson to the Presidency and the X Case which rocked Irish society. The book is an exploration of the dynamics between the courts, the legislators and the Irish citizens in relation to certain socio-sexual questions: divorce, contraception, abortion, and homosexuality. Spanning 73 years since the creation of the Irish State, The Politics of Sexual Morality in Ireland questions the nature of the moral order regulating Irish society and the concept of democracy underlying it. It examines the fragile balance struck between tradition and modernity.
Bibliography: (pages 266-276) and index.
Introduction: Whose morality? What sexuality? -- Divorce: From an indissoluble bond ... -- Divorce: ... To the right to a second chance -- Contraception: From the protection of public morality -- Contraception ... To a responsible sexuality for all -- Abortion: From the right to life ... -- Abortion: ... To the right to live -- Homesexuality: From a crime against nature ... -- Homesexuality ... To a right to (Homo)sexual privacy -- Conclusion.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Whose morality? What sexuality? (p. 1)
- 1 Divorce: From an Indissoluble Bond... (p. 11)
- Grappling with the issue in the Irish Free State, leading to the ban (1937) (p. 12)
- De facto separations and some statistical indicators of marital breakdown (p. 18)
- The constitutional crusade: the first divorce referendum (1986) (p. 30)
- 2 Divorce: ... To the Right to a Second Chance (p. 49)
- Judicial separation: a legislation that dare not speak its name (p. 49)
- The right to separate (1994) (p. 54)
- The second divorce referendum: the right to remarry (1995) (p. 60)
- 3 Contraception: From the Protection of Public Morality... (p. 76)
- The construction of an Irish, Catholic sexual morality (p. 77)
- A women's issue (p. 84)
- The McGee case and Mary Robinson's pill bills (p. 96)
- 4 Contraception: ... To a Responsible Sexuality for All (p. 109)
- An Irish solution to an Irish problem (p. 110)
- A new order: Three condom laws (p. 115)
- A legal but disorderly form of contraception: Sterilisation (p. 131)
- 5 Abortion: From the Right to Life... (p. 141)
- Abortion is illegal (p. 143)
- Abortion is unconstitutional (p. 145)
- Abortion: an English solution to an Irish problem (p. 160)
- 6 Abortion: ... To the Right to Live (p. 166)
- The X case (p. 166)
- Abortion: a European service (p. 172)
- Abortion: a moral and responsible option (p. 179)
- 7 Homosexuality: From a Crime against Nature... (p. 201)
- A criminalised sin (p. 202)
- An objective disorder (p. 204)
- A not so inert law (p. 207)
- 8 Homosexuality: ... To a Right to (Homo) sexual Privacy (p. 212)
- The Norris case: without norms or sanctions (p. 212)
- Nothing less than equality (p. 217)
- Gay visions in the heterosexual community (p. 229)
- Conclusion (p. 241)
- Notes (p. 245)
- Bibliography (p. 266)
- Index (p. 277)