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Sexual strangers : gays, lesbians, and dilemmas of citizenship
- Title
- Sexual strangers : gays, lesbians, and dilemmas of citizenship / Shane Phelan.
- Author
- Phelan, Shane.
- Publication
- Philadelphia, PA : Temple University Press, 2001.
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Details
- Description
- x, 179 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- In this book, the author raises the issue of whether lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgendered people can be seen as citizens at all. She argues that, in the United States, queers are strangers - not exactly the enemy, since they are not excluded from all rights of citizenship, but not quite members. Rather, they are ambiguous figures who trouble the border between "us" and "themi", a border just as central to liberal regimes as to other states. The book addresses questions of long-standing importance to minority group politics: the meaning and terms of inclusion, respect, and resistance.
- Series Statement
- Queer politics, queer theories
- Uniform Title
- Queer politics, queer theories
- Alternative Title
- Gays, lesbians, and dilemmas of citizenship
- Subject
- Gay rights > United States
- Political rights > United States
- Citizenship > United States
- Homosexuality > Political aspects > United States
- Lesbianism > Political aspects > United States
- Citizenship
- Gay rights
- Homosexuality > Political aspects
- Lesbianism > Political aspects
- Political rights
- Homosexualität
- Politik
- Homosexuels > Droits > États-Unis
- Droits civils et politiques > États-Unis
- Citoyenneté > États-Unis
- Homosexuella > juridik och lagstiftning > Förenta staterna
- United States
- USA
- USA
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-176) and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- ISBN
- 1566398274
- 9781566398275
- 1566398282
- 9781566398282
- LCCN
- 00032564
- OCLC
- ocm44019058
- 44019058
- SCSB-14688775
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library