Queering the Biopolitics of Citizenship in the Age of Obama [Hardcover]

The book from the interdisciplinary fields of queer theory, critical race theory, feminist political theory, disability studies, and indigenous studies to demonstrate that analyzing contemporary notions of citizenship requires understanding the machinations of governmentality and biopolitics in the (re)production of the proper citizen.Table of Contents Introduction PART I 1. Obama's Victory and Black Citizenship 2. Obama's Victory and Native Citizenship PART II 3. Prop 8 and Lesbian and Gay Citizenship 4. Prop 8 and Future Citizenship Conclusion Bibliography

Pairing seemingly disparate events Barack Obama's presidential election and California's gay marriage ban Rohrer explores troubled and troubling histories of U.S. exceptionalism, civil rights discourse, reproduction, and blood logics. In the process, she challenges readers to rethink concepts of time, progress, citizenship, sovereignty, justice, and imagined futures. Drawing on Indigenous, queer, critical race, feminist, and disability studies, this timely resource deftly critiques ableism, heterosexism, racism, and the politics of governmentality. Highly recommended. - Susan Burch, Associate Professor of American Studies, Middlebury College, USA

This is an exemplary interdisciplinary text that cautions many political movements against being seduced by the promise of recognition as full citizens if we only act 'normal.' Rohrer demonstrates how moves towards normalcy reify white, heteronormative, settler colonial, and ableist ideals about progress. Through critical readings of gay marriage campaigns and narratives about Obama's presidency as the culmination of civil rights, this book provokes us to imagine, relationally, much more than inclusion within the nation. - Maile Arvin, Ph.D., University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellow in Ethnic Studies, UC Riverside, USA

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