Terrorist assemblages : homonationalism in queer times / Jasbir K. Puar ; with a new foreword by Tavia Nyong'o ; and a postscript by the author.

  • Puar, Jasbir K., 1967-
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[2017]
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In this tenth anniversary expanded edition of Jasbir K. Puar's pathbreaking book, which features a new preface by Tavia Nyong'o and a new postscript by the author. Puar argues that configurations of sexuality, race, gender, nation, class, and ethnicity are realigning in relation to contemporary forces of securitization, counterterrorism, and nationalism.

Publication/Creation

Durham : Duke University Press, [2017]

Physical description

xxxvi, 356 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

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Edition

Tenth anniversary expanded edition.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Foreword / Tavia Nyong'o -- Preface: Tactics, strategies, logistics -- Introduction: Homonationalism and biopolitics -- The sexuality of terrorism -- Abu Ghraib and U.S. sexual exceptionalism -- Intimate control, infinite detection: rereading the Lawrence case -- "The turban is not a hat" : queer diaspora and practices of profiling -- Conclusion: queer times, terrorist assemblages -- Post-script: homonationalism in Trump times.

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    History of Medicine
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  • 9780822371502
  • 0822371502