Sexual Citizens: The Legal and Cultural Regulation of Sex and Belonging

by Brenda Cossman

Book Overview

This book explores the relationship between sex and belonging in law and popular culture, arguing that contemporary citizenship is sexed, privatized, and self-disciplined. Former sexual outlaws have challenged their exclusion and are being incorporated into citizenship. But as citizenship becomes more sexed, it also becomes privatized and self-disciplined. The author explores these contesting representations of sex and belonging in films, television,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804749965
• ISBN13: 9780804749961
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.0"