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  Occasions of Sin: Sex and Society in Modern Ireland (Hardback) By (author) Diarmaid Ferriter

  

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  Short Description for Occasions of SinCharts the Irish sexual experience over the course of the 20th century. This book covers such subjects as abortion, pregnancy, celibacy, contraception, censorship, infanticide, 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.
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  • Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
  • Published: 01 July 2010
  • Format: Hardback 640 pages
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  • Categories: Sociology: Sexual Relations | Sexual Behaviour | British & Irish History | Social & Cultural History
  • ISBN 13: 9781861979186 ISBN 10: 1861979185
  • Sales rank: 169,905

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• Using a huge variety of sources, "Occasions of Sin" charts the Irish sexual experience over the course of the 20th century. In tackling the public and private worlds of Irish sex, this book is groundbreaking in its scope and ambition. 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.