Sexual strangers : gays, lesbians, and dilemmas of citizenship / Shane Phelan.
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 memb...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia, PA :
Temple University Press,
2001.
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| Series: | Queer politics, queer theories.
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 179 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-176) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1566398274 9781566398275 1566398282 9781566398282 |