The Sexual Citizen: Queer Politics and BeyondISBN: 978-0-7456-1653-7
Hardcover
184 pages
December 2000, Polity
Other Available Formats: Paperback
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The notion of citizenship, with its balancing of rights and
responsibilities, has become a dominant way of articulating sexual
politics today. In The Sexual Citizen, David Bell and Jon
Binnie critically explore the notion of sexual citizenship as a way
to think through the ever-changing political, legal, social and
cultural landscapes of sexuality.
The book examines sexual citizenship in a number of key sites of
contemporary sexual politics (the market, marriage, the military,
the city, the family) and focuses on a number of key theoretical
debates on sexuality in relation to consumption, space and
globalization. Critiquing existing theories of sexuality and
citizenship, and drawing on a wide range of theoretical
perspectives, The Sexual Citizen addresses both the promises
and limitations of using the discourses of citizenship in the
context of contemporary sexual politics.
The Sexual Citizen will be of interest to students and
academics in lesbian and gay studies, politics, legal studies,
sociology, cultural studies and geography