Disrupting queer inclusion : Canadian homonationalisms and the politics of belonging / edited by OmiSoore H. Dryden and Suzanne Lenon.
Canada likes to present itself as a paragon of LGBTQ rights. This book contends that rather than being a beacon of justice, Canada's newfound acceptance of the LGBTQ community is a smokescreen that obscures and abets multiple forms of oppression--including the marginalization of queers who do not fit within accepted norms. As the title to this provocative volume implies, Disrupting Queer Inclusion: Canadian Homonationalisms and the Politics of Belonging seeks to unsettle the belief that inclusion equates to justice. The contributors draw from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives to detail how, in the fight for acceptance within mainstream society, "liberal gays" have unwittingly become complicit participants in a system that entrenches racialization as structured by white supremacy, furthers settler colonialism, advances neoliberalism, and props up imperialist mythologies (such as the one that Canada is a safe haven for homosexuals). They do this by highlighting the uneven relationships produced by normative articulations of sexual citizenship in a wide-range of contexts--in prisons, at PRIDE House, Pride marches, fetish fairs, and the feminist porn awards--as well as within the laws and regulations governing marriage, hate crimes, citizenship, blood donation, and refugee claims. Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 0774829435 (hbk)
- ISBN: 9780774829441 (pbk)
- ISBN: 9780774829434 (hdk)
- Physical Description: xii, 196 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press, 2015.
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General Note: | CatMonthString:september.17 |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Queer regulation and the homonational rhetoric of Canadian exceptionalism / Julian Awwad -- Unveiling fetishnationalism : bidding for citizenship in queer times / Amar Wahab -- Pink games on stolen land : PRIDE House and (un)queer reterritorializations / Sonny Dhoot -- Disruptive desires : reframing sexual space at the feminist porn awards / Naomi de Szegheo-Lang -- Monogamy, marriage, and the making of nation / Suzanne Lenon -- Homonationalism at the border and in the streets : organizing gainst exclusion and incorporation / Kathryn Trevenen and Alexa DeGagne -- "A queer too far" : blackness, "gay blood," and transgressive possibilities / OmiSoore H. Dryden -- National security and homonationalism : The QuAIA wars and the making of the neoliberal queer / Patrizia Gentile and Gary Kinsman -- Don't be a stranger now : queer exclusions, decarceration, and HIV/AIDS / Marty Fink. |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | Donation ; Positive Space Alliance ; 2017/09. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Lansdowne Library | HQ 73.3 C2 D57 2015 (Text) | 26040003193071 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |