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Key themes of the book include transition from youth to adulthood, complex family relationships, same-sex relationships, and religion. A television adaptation of the book was made and aired by the BBC in 1990, starring Charlotte Coleman and Geraldine McEwan, which won the Prix Italia in 1991. [89] Sgt. Sean Jennison/Betty King Rat: 1962 James ...
Internal religious issues are studied from the perspective of a given religion, and might include religious beliefs and practices about the roles and rights of men and women in government, education and worship; beliefs about the sex or gender of deities and religious figures; and beliefs about the origin and meaning of human gender. External ...
Few records of homosexuality exist in Egyptian mythology, [10] and existing written and pictorial works are reticent in representing sexualities. [11] The sources that do exist indicate that same-sex relations were regarded negatively, and that penetrative sex was seen as an aggressive act of dominance and power, shameful to the receiver (a common view in the Mediterranean basin area).
Many mythologies and religious narratives include stories of romantic affection or sexuality between men or feature divine actions that result in changes in gender. These myths have been interpreted as forms of LGBT expression and modern conceptions of sexuality and gender have been applied to them.
Traditional Hindu literary sources do not speak of homosexuality directly, [1] but changes of sex, homoerotic encounters, and intersex or third gender characters are often found both in traditional religious narratives such as the Vedas, Mahabharata, Ramayana and Puranas as well as in regional folklore.
Gender Outlaw, Kate Bornstein (1994) Mother Journeys: Feminists Write About Mothering, Maureen T. Reddy, Martha Roth and Amy Sheldon (1994) Neither Man nor Beast: Feminism and the Defense of Animals, Carol J. Adams (1994) Nine Parts of Desire, Geraldine Brooks (1994) Religion, Feminism, and Freedom of Conscience, edited by George D. Smith (1994)
The frank treatment of sexual topics of pre-nineteenth century literature was abandoned in most speculative fiction, [3] although Wendy Pearson has written that issues of gender and sexuality have been central to SF since its inception but were ignored by readers and critics until the late twentieth century. [24]
"The Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea", from Myths and Legends of China, 1922, E.T.C. Werner. Homosexuality in Chinese myths or folk tales may involve explicit physical contact, but may also be represented by more "profound emotions and feelings", making it difficult to unambiguously differentiate a homoerotic relationship from other social relationships, such as a friendship or rivalry. [2]