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Sexual citizens : the legal and cultural regulation of sex and belonging / Brenda Cossman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cossman, Brenda, 1960-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social integration.
- Sex--Social aspects.
- Sex.
- Citizenship--Social aspects.
- Citizenship.
- Sex and law.
- Sexual minorities.
- Social control.
- Self-control--Social aspects.
- Self-control.
- Social aspects.
- LGBTQ+ people.
- Physical Description:
- x, 244 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- This book explores the relationship between sex and belonging in law and popular culture, arguing that contemporary citizenship is sexed, privatized, and self-disciplined. The author explores these contesting representations of sex and belonging in films, television, and legal decisions.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Sexing, privatizing, and self-disciplining citizenship
- Consensual sex and the practices of citizenship
- Marriage, sex, and adultery as practices of self-governance
- Unbecoming citizens : welfare queens, deadbeat dads, and the privatization of dependency
- Queer as citizens
- Conclusion: Up against sexual citizenship.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-232) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780804749961
- 0804749965
- OCLC:
- 80917272
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