Sexual Deceit

The Ethics of Passing

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

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Beskrivning

Sexual Deceit is an extended ethical analysis of the phenomenon of sexual identity passing — i.e. socially presenting as X, when one understands oneself as Y, where the variables represent any contemporary sexual identity — alongside identity passing in the contexts of race, gender, and briefly, religion and class. The analysis of passing utilizes and challenges traditional moral understandings of identity falsification, complicating our understandings of moral obligations under systemic oppression. Tracing the intervention of social construction theory on contemporary political understandings of LGBT communities and activism, Sexual Deceit argues against social construction models of identity — notably performativity, promulgated by the work of Judith Butler and consumed and repeated by many scholars and theory educated queer people. A new model of identity is constructed, based on a phenomenological concept of style that provides for a socially adjustable yet rooted notion of sexual identity. The ethical implications of sexual identity passing are considered in the context of eschatological images of social justice and within practical matters such as military service, leadership, and sexual harassment law.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-02-26
Mått:154 x 226 x 17 mm
Vikt:345 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:230
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781498511285

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Mer om författaren

Kelby Harrison has a Ph.D. in philosophical ethics, gender and sexuality from Northwestern University. From 2010 to 2012 she was the social ethics post-doctoral fellow at Union Theological Seminary. She is the co-editor of Passing/Out: Sexual Identity Veiled and Revealed, an intergenerational, interdisciplinary, and intersubjective anthology on issues of sexual identity closeting and revelation.

Recensioner i media

Sexual Deceit: The Ethics of Passing shows an excellent understanding and command of the scholarship on the issues. This is particularly notable because the approaches of what I will call traditional philosophy and of queer theory are very different, and it can seem to readers as if they are speaking different languages. The author not only handles the different approaches/traditions well, but also combines their insights, key concepts, and important arguments in developing an ethical theory the author calls “Gayness as Practical Identity,” or just “Gayness.” And this serves as an ethical theory that can be applied to many issues in addition to passing. I think that this theory, which I will call a theory of gay ethics is an important contribution to ethics and LGBT studies.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Many Have Passed; Some Have FailedChapter 1: Passing in Abstraction: The Theoretical Organization of PassingChapter 2: The Good, The Bad, and The Oppressed: Ethical ConsiderationsChapter 3: Thoughtfully Produced Sexuality: Sexology and The Queer AcademyChapter 4: Those Shoes Look Pretty Gay, Or at Least Bi-Curious: Style and Sexual Identity PassingChapter 5: Political Pervasity: Queer Sexuality and the Moral MajorityChapter 6: Practicing to Preach: Gayness as a Practical IdentityConclusion: Social and Legal Implications of Sexual DeceitBibliography