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Hegemony and heteronormativity : revisiting 'the political' in queer politics / edited by Maria do Mar Castro Varela, Nikita Dhawan, Antke Engel.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Queer interventions.
- Queer Interventions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Heterosexism.
- Hegemony.
- Queer theory.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (224 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book reflects on 'the political' in queer theory and politics by revisiting two of its key categories: hegemony and heteronormativity. It explores the specific insights offered by these categories and the ways in which they augment the analysis of power and domination from a queer perspective, whilst also examining the possibilities for political analysis and strategy building provided by theories of hegemony and heteronormativity. By looking at the interplay between these two categories, this groundbreaking volume presents new possibilities of reconceptualizing 'the political' from a que
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Notes on Contributors; Series Editor's Preface "X"; Foreword; Introduction Hegemony and Heteronormativity: Revisiting 'The Political' in Queer Politics; 1 Revisiting Contingency, Hegemony and Universality; 2 From the 'Heterosexual Matrix' to a 'Heteronormative Hegemony'; 3 Tender Tensions - Antagonistic Struggles - Becoming-Bird; 4 Normative Dilemmas and the Hegemony of Counter-Hegemony; 5 How Sam Became a Father, Became a Citizen: Scripts of Neoliberal Inclusion of Disability; 6 Signifying Theory_Politics/Queer?
- 7 The Pleasures of Compliance: Domination and Compromise Within BDSM PracticeIndex
- Notes:
- First published 2011 by Ashgate Publishing.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4094-9297-4
- 1-317-12286-0
- 1-315-58649-5
- 1-317-12285-2
- 1-283-04758-6
- 9786613047588
- 1-4094-0321-1
- 9781315586496
- OCLC:
- 710972884
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