Disrupting Queer Inclusion: Canadian Homonationalisms and the Politics of Belonging

ISBN 10: 0774829435 / ISBN 13: 9780774829434

Published by UBC Press, 2015

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pp. 224.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Disrupting Queer Inclusion: Canadian Homonationalisms and the Politics of Belonging
• Publisher: UBC Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0774829435
• ISBN 13: 9780774829434
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Canada likes to present itself as a paragon of gay rights. This book contends that Canada’s acceptance of gay rights, while being beneficial to some, obscures and abets multiple forms of oppression to the detriment and exclusion of some queer and trans bodies. Disrupting Queer Inclusion seeks to unsettle the assumption that inclusion equals justice. Offering a fresh analysis of the complexity of queer politics and activism, contributors detail how the fight for acceptance engenders complicity in a system that fortifies white supremacy, furthers settler colonialism, advances neoliberalism, and props up imperialist mythologies.

About the Author

OmiSoore H. Dryden is assistant professor in the Department of Women's Studies at Thorneloe University (at Laurentian University) in Sudbury, Ontario. Suzanne Lenon is associate professor in the Department of Women and Gender Studies at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta. Contributors: Julian Awwad, Naomi de Szegheo-Lang, Alexa DeGagne, Sonny Dhoot, Marty Fink, Patrizia Gentile, Gary Kinsman, Kathryn Trevenen, and Amar Wahab