A Companion to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies is the first single volume survey of current discussions taking place in this rapidly developing area of study.
- Recognizing the multidisciplinary nature of the field, the editors gather new essays by an international team of established and emerging scholars
- Addresses the politics, economics, history, and cultural impact of sexuality
- Engages the future of queer studies by asking what sexuality stands for, what work it does, and how it continues to structure discussions in various academic disciplines as well as contemporary politics
List of Illustrations ix
List of Contributors xi
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction 1
Molly McGarry and George E. Haggerty
PART I QUEER POLITICS IN THE TIME OF WAR AND SHOPPING OR WHY SEX? WHY NOW? 15
1 Sex, Secularism, and the “War on Terrorism”: The Role of Sexuality in Multi- Issue Organizing 17
Janet R. Jakobsen
2 Freedom and the Racialization of Intimacy: Lawrence v. Texas and the Emergence of Queer Liberalism 38
David L. Eng
3 “No Atheists in the Fox Hole”: Toward a Radical Queer Politics in a Post- 9/11 World 60
Sharon P. Holland
4 Queer Love in the Time of War and Shopping 77
Martin F. Manalansan IV
5 Who Needs Civil Liberties? 87
Richard Meyer
PART II HISTORIES, GENEALOGIES, AND FUTURITIES 107
6 The Relevance oflSİ
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