Sexual strangers : gays, lesbians, and dilemmas of citizenship / Shane Phelan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phelan, Shane.

Series:

Queer politics, queer theories.

Queer politics, queer theories

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay rights--United States.

Gay rights.

Political rights--United States.

Political rights.

Citizenship--United States.

Citizenship.

Homosexuality--Political aspects--United States.

Homosexuality.

Lesbianism--Political aspects--United States.

Lesbianism.

LGBTQ+ emancipation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Is the United States a heterosexual regime? If it is, how may we understand the political position of those who cannot or will not align themselves with heterosexuality? With these provocative questions, Shane Phelan raises the issue of whether lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgendered people can be seen as citizens at all. Can citizenship be made queer? Or does citizenship require the exclusion of those who are regarded as queer to preserve the ""equality"" that it promises? In Sexual Strangers, Shane Phelan argues that, in the United States, queers are strangers -- not

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Citizens and Strangers; 2. Structures of Strangeness: Bodies, Passions, and Citizenship; 3. Structures of Strangeness: Citizenship and Kinship; 4. Negotiating Strangeness: Assimilation and Visibility; 5. Strangers among "Us": Secondary Marginalization and "LGBT" Politics; 6. Queering Citizenship; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-176) and index.

ISBN:

9786612938771

9781282938779

1282938770

9781439904145

1439904146

OCLC:

630545107