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Disrupting queer inclusion : Canadian homonationalisms and the politics of belonging  Cover Image Book Book

Disrupting queer inclusion : Canadian homonationalisms and the politics of belonging / edited by OmiSoore H. Dryden and Suzanne Lenon.

Dryden, OmiSoore H., 1965- (Added Author). Lenon, Suzanne. (Added Author). Awwad, Julian, 1976- Queer regulation and the homonational rhetoric of Canadian exceptionalism. (Added Author).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0774829435 (hbk)
  • ISBN: 9780774829441 (pbk)
  • ISBN: 9780774829434 (hdk)
  • Physical Description: xii, 196 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press, 2015.

Content descriptions

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.
Subject: Sexual minorities > Canada.
Social integration > Political aspects > Canada.
Belonging (Social psychology) > Political aspects > Canada.
Queer theory > Canada.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.

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