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Byrne Fone

Auteur de Homophobia: A History

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Byrne Fone, a pioneer in the teaching of gay and lesbian studies, is the author of three previous books, including A Road to Stonewall, and editor of The Columbia Anthology of Gay Literature. Professor emeritus at the City University of New York, he lives in Hudson, New York. (Bowker Author afficher plus Biography) afficher moins

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An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber (1938) — Directeur de publication, quelques éditions55 exemplaires
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La homofobia es uno de los prejuicios más persistentes y generalizados en la cultura occidental. Hoy en día, cuando el racismo, el antisemitismo y la misoginia van perdiendo legitimidad y se baten poco a poco en retirada, el rechazo hacia los homosexuales se mantiene bajo las más diversas formas. Sus manifestaciones van desde el desprecio, la burla y la desconfianza, hasta el odio, la agresión física y el homicidio.

Byrne Fone emprende en estas páginas un recorrido histórico que analiza el fenómeno de la homofobia, sus orígenes y posibles causas. El autor busca probar que este prejuicio ha sido inventado, fomentado y apoyado a lo largo de los siglos por diferentes instancias de la sociedad (la religión, el gobierno, las leyes, la ciencia, etcétera).

También demuestra que uno de los fundamentos de este temor se relaciona con la creencia de que los homosexuales perturban el orden social, legal, político, y moral, y que por esta razón deben ser perseguidos, reprimidos o "reformados".
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ArchivoPietro | Oct 24, 2020 |
The opening narrative voice in this little novel is that of Chryseis, now an old woman who serves as a sort of priest of Apollo and Sibyl at the ancient temple of Smintheum in Chrysa – a land ruled by Troy, as she narrates her life story. [Smintheum means little mouse in an ancient Greek tongue; mice were sacred to Apollo and mythology says he appeared in the form of a mouse as well as the mouse served as Apollo’s messenger at times.]

Chryseis had been to her parents a miracle child of great beauty who has the ability to experience mystical visions that should guarantee her future but instead merits her doom as a captive slave to Agamemnon and forces her to keep that “gift of the god” secret. Chryseis is the “Cressida” of Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida.

Then the voice becomes that of Briseis, another captive of Achilles who rounds out the Greek p.o.v.

From inside Troy, Hecabe, Andrmoache, Kassandra, and the alien Greek Helen complete the first person voices that give witness to events in this re-imagining of the "Iliad"

I enjoyed this book for its evocation of ancient Greece, the use of language evocative of the Iliad, and the insight into the imagined world of women in a dark and brutal time of whom little is really known. The novel stirred my memories of the ruins I have toured in Greece, and my imagination for the places I haven’t been except through reading. The Kindle e-book includes a non-fiction historical afterward, “The Reality of Troy.”
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Limelite | Dec 9, 2012 |

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