Queer Lovers and Hateful Others: Regenerating Violent Times and Places

Queer subjects have become acceptable in society only through being cast in the shadow of the new folk devil, the 'homophobic migrant' who is rendered by society as hateful and disposable. This book explores this concept of 'queer regeneration'. Queerness has entered a transitional phase as it becomes co-opted by neoliberalism to make punishment and neglect appear as signs of care and love for diversity. To understand this transition, Jin Haritaworn looks at the environments in which queer bodies have become worthy of protection, discussing the everyday erasures that shape life in the inner city (focusing on Berlin), and how queer activists actively seek out and dispel the myths of sites of nostalgia for the 'invented traditions' of women-and-gay-friendliness. The author explores a rich archive of media, arts, policy and activism, including posters, newspaper reports, hate crime action plans, urban projects, psychological studies, demonstrations, kiss-ins, political speeches and films. Through these sources, the relationships between Islamaphobia, racism within Europe and the United States, and the global war on terror serves to reinforce the politics of homonationalism.

Author: Jin Haritaworn
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
Published: 07/20/2015
Pages: 237
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780745330617

About the Author
Jin Haritaworn is assistant professor of gender, race, and environment at York University in Canada. They are the author of Ambivalent Desires: Hybrid Bodies and Changing Nationalisms.

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