Sexual strangers : gays, lesbians, and dilemmas of citizenship /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Phelan, Shane
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2010.
Colección:Queer politics, queer theories.
Temas:
Gay rights > United States.
Political rights > United States.
Citizenship > United States.
Homosexuality > Political aspects > United States.
Lesbianism > Political aspects > United States.
Homosexuels > Droits > États-Unis.
Droits politiques > États-Unis.
Homosexualité > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Lesbianisme > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Citizenship
Gay rights
Homosexuality > Political aspects
Lesbianism > Political aspects
Political rights
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 exactly the
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 179 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-176) and index.
ISBN:9781439904145
1439904146

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