Terrorist Assemblages

Homonationalism in Queer Times

Paperback, 335 pages

English language

Published Oct. 8, 2007 by Duke University Press.

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978-0-8223-4114-7
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4 stars (3 reviews)

In this pathbreaking work, Jasbir K. Puar argues that configurations of sexuality, race, gender, nation, class, and ethnicity are realigning in relation to contemporary forces of securitization, counterterrorism, and nationalism. She examines how liberal politics incorporate certain queer subjects into the fold of the nation-state, through developments including the legal recognition inherent in the overturning of anti-sodomy laws and the proliferation of more mainstream representation. These incorporations have shifted many queers from their construction as figures of death (via the AIDS epidemic) to subjects tied to ideas of life and productivity (gay marriage and reproductive kinship). Puar contends, however, that this tenuous inclusion of some queer subjects depends on the production of populations of Orientalized terrorist bodies. Heteronormative ideologies that the U.S. nation-state has long relied on are now accompanied by homonormative ideologies that replicate narrow racial, class, gender, and national ideals. These “homonationalisms” are deployed to distinguish upright “properly …

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3 stars

Good (big) expansion on Duggan's homonormativity. Interesting approach to postcolonial(?) queer theory (and queer geography). In some parts could use more elaboration/clarification. I look forward to reading [b:The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability|33572958|The Right to Maim Debility, Capacity, Disability|Jasbir K. Puar|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1591919785l/33572958.SY75.jpg|54378042]

A bit far from my thesis project, but I read this for this semester's reading list. I read it more for the method she used, and some of the theoretical bases (affect, assemblage, especially).

Subjects

  • Gay & Lesbian studies
  • Social Science
  • Sociology
  • USA
  • Gay Studies
  • Lesbian Studies
  • American Studies
  • Cultural Studies
  • Gay & Lesbian Studies/Queer Th
  • Homosexuality
  • Political aspects
  • Social aspects
  • Terrorism