Sorting Sexualities: Expertise and the Politics of Legal Classification - Couverture souple

Vogler, Stefan

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ISBN 10 : 022677676X ISBN 13 : 9780226776767

Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2021

Synopsis

In Sorting Sexualities, Stefan Vogler deftly unpacks the politics of the techno-legal classification of sexuality in the United States. His study focuses specifically on state classification practices around LGBTQ people seeking asylum in the United States and sexual offenders being evaluated for carceral placement—two situations where state actors must determine individuals’ sexualities. Though these legal settings are diametrically opposed—one a punitive assessment, the other a protective one—they present the same question: how do we know someone’s sexuality?

In this rich ethnographic study, Vogler reveals how different legal arenas take dramatically different approaches to classifying sexuality and use those classifications to legitimate different forms of social control. By delving into the histories behind these diverging classification practices and analyzing their contemporary reverberations, Vogler shows how the science of sexuality is far more central to state power than we realize.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Stefan Vogler is a research scientist with NORC at the University of Chicago and an affiliated scholar with the American Bar Foundation. His work has been published in numerous journals, including Gender & Society, Theoretical Criminology, Sociology Compass, Law & Society Review, and the Journal of Homosexuality.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Chicago Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 022677676X
• ISBN 13: 9780226776767
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 284
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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