Queering the Biopolitics of Citizenship in the Age of Obama

"Where dominant citizenship narratives have heretofore focused on either the state or the nation as qualifiers of belonging, this book draws from the interdisciplinary fields of queer theory, critical race theory, feminist political theory, disability studies, and indigenous studies to further an evolving discussion of what it means to be an American citizen in the Obama era. Rohrer demonstrates that this discussion requires an understanding of the machinations of governmentality and biopolitics in the (re)production of the (proper) citizen. "--

Product details

• Authors: Judy Rohrer, J. Rohrer, J Rohrer
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 23.09.2014
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries
• EAN: 9781137482327
• ISBN: 978-1-137-48232-7
• Pages: 85
• Subjects: Soziologie, C, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, History: specific events & topics, Society, Society & social sciences, Political Science, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Political Philosophy, Political Theory, Social Sciences, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, Political History, Social Sciences, general, World Politics, Palgrave Political Science Collection, Politikwissenschaft und politische Theorie, Geschichte: Besondere Ereignisse und Themen