Queer Theory: Law Culture Empire

<p><em>Queer Theory: Law Culture Empire</em> uses queer theory to examine the complex interactions of law culture and empire. Building on recent work on empire and taking contextual socio-legal comparative and interdisciplinary approaches it studies how activists and scholars engaged in queer theory projects can unwittingly advance imperial projects and how queer theory can itself show imperial ambitions. The authors – from five continents – delve into examples drawn from Bollywood cinema to California’s 2008 marriage referendum. The chapters view a wide range of texts – from cultural productions to laws and judgments – as regulatory forces requiring scrutiny from outside Western heterosexual privilege. This innovative collection goes beyond earlier queer legal work engaging with recent developments featuring case studies from India South Africa the US Australasia Eastern Europe and embracing the frames offered by different disciplinary lenses.</p><p><em>Queer Theory: Law Culture Empire </em>will be of particular interest to students and researchers in the fields of socio-legal studies comparative law law and gender/sexuality and law and culture.</p>