The queen of America goes to Washington city : essays on sex and citizenship

The queen of America goes to Washington city : essays on sex and citizenship / Lauren Berlant.

In The Queen of America Goes to Washington City, Lauren Berlant focuses on the need to revitalize public life and political agency in the United States. Delivering a devastating critique of contemporary discourses of American citizenship, she addresses the triumph of the idea of private life over th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Berlant, Lauren Gail, 1957-2021 (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 1997.
Series:Series Q.
Subjects:
Political participation > United States.
Political culture > United States.
Conservatism > United States.
Citizenship > Social aspects > United States.
Intimacy (Psychology) > Political aspects > United States.
Sex customs > Political aspects > United States.
Social values > Political aspects > United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Civil Rights.
Citizenship > Social aspects
Conservatism
Intimacy (Psychology) > Political aspects
Political culture
Political participation
Sex customs > Political aspects
Social values > Political aspects
Nationalbewusstsein
Öffentlichkeit
Privatsphäre
Bürger
Seksuele moraal.
Sociale identiteit.
Burgerschap.
United States
USA
essays.
Essays
Essays.
Essais.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the intimate public sphere
  • 1. The theory of infantile citizenship
  • 2. Live sex acts (parental advisory: explicit material)
  • 3. America, "fat," the fetus
  • 4. Queer nationality (written with Elizabeth Freeman)
  • 5. The face of America and the state of emergency
  • 6. The face of America goes to Washington city : notes on diva citizenship
  • 7. Outtakes from the citizenship museum.

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