Occasions of Sin

Sex and Society in Modern Ireland

Diarmaid Ferriter

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Beschreibung

Ferriter covers such subjects as abortion, pregnancy, celibacy, contraception, censorship, infanticide, homosexuality, prostitution, marriage, popular culture, social life and the various hidden Irelands associated with sexual abuse - all in the context of a conservative official morality backed by the Catholic Church and by legislation. The book energetically and originally engages with subjects omitted from the mainstream historical narrative. The breadth of this book and the richness of the source material uncovered make it definitive in its field and a most remarkable work of social history.

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s great virtue lies in its detail
finely judged...compelling...an important and timely book: it is a richly textured history of modern Ireland's complicated attitude to sex...enlists an impressive range of primary sources from public archives to personal memoir to contemporary fiction...the book'
s insightful account makes us acutely aware of is the gendered nature of blame or fault for sexual misbehaviour ... this book graphically illustrates the extent and durability of past delusions about Irish sexual purity
What Ferriter'

It analyses the flaws in the way the Irish saw themselves, and hoped that others would see them... the book adds up to a tremendous feat of documentation which leaves no source of misery unprobed.
s work represents a laudable accomplishment
A gargantuan study of Irish attitudes to sex and sexuality from famine times until the present day...a work of considerable prowess...as a rigorous, empirical and layered examination of a topic that befuddled Irish people for most of the last century, Ferriter'
s book makes an immense contribution in bringing this into the open, while maintaining a fair balance between dwelling unduly on the abuse, and celebrating the brave battles won..
Impressively researched and compellingly written...the pretence persisted for many decades that no sex happened in Ireland; the reality was very different. Ferriter'

Finely textured and superbly researched...Ferriter bridges the massive gap between the perceived version of Irish life and the reality that kept intruding. It makes for a fascinating social history.
s inherently shrouded in secrecy and shame
Vast in scope and dense in detail, it's probably the most comprehensive treatment it's possible to get about a subject that'
s superbly researched narrative is a powerful prophylactic
A groundbreaking study of the control of sexuality by church and state in twentieth century Ireland...a riveting account...for anyone tempted by the sin of nostalgia, Ferriter'

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sinn fein, the transformation of Ireland, the troubles, catholic, ambiguous republic, taoiseach, Irish history, occasions of sin, ira, Dublin, protestant, Belfast, a nation not a rabble