Terrorist assemblages : homonationalism in queer times / Jasbir K. Puar ; with a new foreword by Tavia Nyong'om ; and a postscript by the author

Author: Puar, Jasbir K., 1967-
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2017.
Edition: Tenth anniversary expanded edition.
Physical Description: xxxvi, 356 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

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Contents

Foreword : by Tavia Nyong'o -- Preface: Tactics, strategies, logistics -- Introduction: Homonationalism and biopolitics -- The sexuality of terrorism -- Abu Ghraib and U.S. sexual exceptionalism -- Intimate control, infinite detection: rereading the Lawrence case -- "The turban is not a hat" : queer diaspora and practices for profiling -- Conclusion: queer times, terrorist assemblages -- Post-script: homonationalism in Trump times.

Summary

In this tenth anniversary expanded edition of Jasbir K. Puar's pathbreaking book--which features a new preface by Tavia Nyong'o and a new postscript by the author--Puar argues that configurations of sexuality, race, gender, nation, class, and ethnicity are realigning in relation to contemporary forces of securitization, counterterrorism, and nationalism.

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9780822371502 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0822371502 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780822371113 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
0822371111 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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