Faking It: U.S. Hegemony in a “Post-Phallic” Era - Softcover

Weber, Cynthia

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9780816632701: Faking It: U.S. Hegemony in a “Post-Phallic” Era
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ISBN 10: 0816632707 ISBN 13: 9780816632701
Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press, 1999

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Weber (political science, Purdue Univ.; Simulating Sovereignty, Cambridge Univ., 1995) provides an invigorating analysis of U.S. foreign policy in Latin America through the lens of queer theory, one that is certain to spark controversy and debate. She probes popular ideas of how the United States is personified, arguing that a degree of queerness is both absent and present in these perceptions. Weber critically engages the popular image of American culture. Reviewing U.S. military interventions in Latin America from 1959 to 1994, Weber posits that American foreign policy is a set of strategic displacements of castration anxiety. She brilliantly illuminates the cultural anxieties and imperatives that shape foreign policy. Utilizing humor and critical logic, she provides a fascinating perspective on American foreign relations in the Caribbean. Most suitable for academic gay/lesbian and Latin American studies collections.Michael A. Lutes, Univ. of Notre Dame Libs., IN
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Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0816632707
ISBN 13 
9780816632701
Binding
Paperback
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1
Number of pages
176
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