Sexual Citizens : The Legal and Cultural Regulation of Sex and Belonging

Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Sexing, Privatizing, and Self-Disciplining Citizenship 1 1 Consensual Sex and the Practices of Citizenship 21 2 Marriage, Sex, and Adultery as Practices of Self-Governance 69 3 Unbecoming Citizens: Welfare Queens, Deadbeat Dads, and the Privatization of Dependency 115 4 Queer as Citizens 159 Conclusion: Up Against Sexual Citizenship 195 Notes 207 Bibliography 217 Index 233