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UNINA9910791125303321 |
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Titolo |
Queer theory : law, culture, empire / / edited by Robert Leckey and Kim Brooks |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-135-14788-4 |
1-135-14789-2 |
1-282-63972-2 |
9786612639722 |
0-203-85611-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (236 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Homosexuality - Law and legislation |
Gay culture |
Queer theory |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Table of cases; Table of statutes; Table of statutory instruments; Chapter 1 Introduction; Pat 1 Constitution; Chapter 2 Queer theory, neoliberalism and urban governance; Chapter 3 De-radicalising the rights claims of sexual subalterns through 'tolerance'; Part 2 Representation; Chapter 4 Bollywood cinema and queer sexualities; Chapter 5 Post-apartheid fraternity, post-apartheid democracy, post-apartheid sexuality: Queer reflections on Jane Alexander's Butcher Boys; Chapter 6 The judicial virtue of sexuality |
Part 3 RegulationChapter 7 Reproductive outsiders - the perils and disruptive potential of reproductive coalitions; Chapter 8 Queer-religious potentials in US same-sex marriage debates; Chapter 9 What's queer about polygamy?; Part 4 Exclusion; Chapter 10 An 'imperial' strategy?: The use of comparative and international law in arguments about LGBT rights; Chapter 11 Reproducing empire in same-sex relationship recognition and immigration law reform; Chapter 12 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Queer Theory: Law, Culture, Empire uses queer theory to examine the complex interactions of law, culture, and empire. Building on recent work on empire, and taking contextual, socio-legal, comparative, and interdisciplinary approaches, it studies how activists and scholars engaged in queer theory projects can unwittingly advance imperial projects and how queer theory can itself show imperial ambitions. The authors - from five continents - delve into examples drawn from Bollywood cinema to California's 2008 marriage referendum. The chapters view a wide range of texts - from cultural |
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