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De-Moralizing Gay Rights


De-Moralizing Gay Rights

Some Queer Remarks on LGBT+ Rights Politics in the US

von: Cyril Ghosh

53,49 €

Verlag: Palgrave Pivot
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 18.05.2018
ISBN/EAN: 9783319788401
Sprache: englisch

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<p></p><p>This book critically interrogates three sets of distortions that emanate from the messianic core of 21st century public discourse on LGBT+ rights in the United States. The first relates to the critique of pinkwashing, often advanced by scholars who claim to be committed to an emancipatory politics. The second concerns a recent US Supreme Court decision, <i>Obergefell v. Hodges</i> (2015), a judgment that established marriage equality across the 50 states. The third distortion occurs in Kenji Yoshino’s theorization of the concept of gay covering. Each distortion produces its own injunction to assimilate, sometimes into the dominant mainstream and, at other times, into the fold of what is axiomatically taken to be the category of the radical. Using a queer theoretic analysis, <i>De-Moralizing Gay Rights </i>argues for the dismantling of each of these three sets of assimilationist injunctions.<br> <br> </p><br><p></p>
<div>1.&nbsp; De-Moralizing Gay Rights.-&nbsp;2.&nbsp; Radical Theory Creep.-&nbsp;3.&nbsp; <i>Obergefell v. Hodges</i>: Marriage Equality’s Insistence on Family Values.-&nbsp;4.&nbsp; Covering’s Other Hidden Assault.-&nbsp;5.&nbsp; Epilogue.</div><div><br></div>
<p><b>Cyril Ghosh</b><b>&nbsp;</b>is Assistant Professor of Government & Politics at Wagner College, USA and the author of <i>The Politics of the American Dream: Democratic Inclusion in Contemporary American Political Culture&nbsp;</i>(Palgrave-Macmillan, 2013).<b></b></p><br>
This book critically interrogates three sets of distortions that emanate from the messianic core of 21st century public discourse on LGBT+ rights in the United States. The first relates to the critique of pinkwashing, often advanced by scholars who claim to be committed to an emancipatory politics. The second concerns a recent US Supreme Court decision, <i>Obergefell v. Hodges</i> (2015), a judgment that established marriage equality across the 50 states. The third distortion occurs in Kenji Yoshino’s theorization of the concept of gay covering. Each distortion produces its own injunction to assimilate, sometimes into the dominant mainstream and, at other times, into the fold of what is axiomatically taken to be the category of the radical. Using a queer theoretic analysis, I argue for the dismantling of each of these three sets of assimilationist injunctions.
<p>Critically re-evaluates current discourse of LGBT+ rights advocacy in the US</p><p>Provides valuable insight to graduate students and academics in political science, gender studies, sexuality studies, sociology and critical legal studies (including critical race theory)</p><p>Offers a unique perspective on the Obergefell v. Hodges opinion</p>

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