Sorting Sexualities: Expertise and the Politics of Legal Classification

by Stefan Vogler

Book Overview

In Sorting Sexualities, Stefan Vogler deftly unpacks the politics of the techno-legal classification of sexuality in the United States. His study focuses specifically on state classification practices around LGBTQ people seeking asylum in the United States and sexual offenders being evaluated for carceral placement-two situations where state actors must determine individuals' sexualities. Though these legal settings are diametrically opposed-one...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022677676X
• ISBN13: 9780226776767
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"