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.



Autorentext
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.



Inhalt
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
Titel
Queering the Biopolitics of Citizenship in the Age of Obama
EAN
9781137488206
ISBN
978-1-137-48820-6
Format
E-Book (pdf)
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
21.09.2014
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Wasserzeichen
Dateigrösse
1.32 MB
Anzahl Seiten
85
Jahr
2014
Untertitel
Englisch