Queering the Biopolitics of Citizenship in the Age of Obama

TRAMA

The book from the interdisciplinary fields of queer theory, critical race theory, feminist political theory, disability studies, and indigenous studies to demonstrate that analyzing contemporary notions of citizenship requires understanding the machinations of governmentality and biopolitics in the (re)production of the proper citizen.

SOMMARIO

Table of Contents Introduction PART I 1. Obama's Victory and Black Citizenship 2. Obama's Victory and Native Citizenship PART II 3. Prop 8 and Lesbian and Gay Citizenship 4. Prop 8 and Future Citizenship Conclusion Bibliography

AUTORE

Judy Rohrer has a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Hawai'i and is the Director of the Institute for Citizenship and Social Responsibility at Western Kentucky University. Her first book, Haoles in Hawai'i (2010) has been popular in American Studies, Ethnic Studies, Anthropology, and Hawai'i Politics courses.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9781137482327
• Dimensioni: 216 x 140 mm
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Illustration Notes: X, 85 p.
• Pagine Arabe: 85
• Pagine Romane: x