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Ryan, Paul (2003) Coming Out, Fitting in: The Personal Narratives of Some Irish Gay Men. Irish Journal of Sociology, 12 (2). pp. 68-85. ISSN 0791-6035
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Abstract
Through the personal narratives offour gay men coming of age
during the 1970s, this paper questions the relevance ofthe modernist 'coming-out'
story in Ireland. This story, so prevalent in British and North American studies
documenting the history of the gay and lesbian movement there has remained
largely untold in Ireland. Thispaper revealsa uniquely Irish 'coming-out' experience
shaped by the schools.families and communities in which the men lived and whose
stories cannot be adequately explained within a modernisation perspective so
frequently used to explain social change ill Ireland.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keywords: | Coming Out; Fitting in; Personal Narratives; Irish Gay Men; |
| Academic Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology |
| Item ID: | 12886 |
| Depositing User: | Paul Ryan |
| Date Deposited: | 15 May 2020 11:58 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Irish Journal of Sociology |
| Publisher: | A & A Farmar |
| Refereed: | Yes |
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| URI: | https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/12886 |
| Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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