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Title: | The Queer Joys of Sexless Marriage: Couples Citizenship's Hot Bed! | Contributor(s): | Jones, Tiffany (author) | Publication Date: | 2009 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/10525 | Abstract: | A "sexless marriage" seems a most joyless and banal union to many, old as matrimony itself. Yet the new sexless marriage championed in this paper does not concern cold-bedded companionships, but the legal union of two citizens whose sexed bodies remain unspecified, unsignified and unimportant ... in legislation (their importance in bed is left to participating citizens to determine). This article considers the recent changes to marriage legislation in European countries through the frame of Queer Theory. It particularly reflects on the introduction of the sexless marriage in Norway and Sweden, in the context of other models. It applies Judith Butler's notions of gender performativity to the policisation of partnerships, applying her concepts of Overplay, Transference and Erasure in the disruption of the heterosexual matrix within coupled citizenship. It considers the varying value of marriage models to Queer projects in "opening up" citizenship, offering new perspectives on "gay marriage" debates. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Sextures: E-journal for Sexualities, Cultures and Politics, 1(1), p. 43-66 | Publisher: | Alexander Zambeski | Place of Publication: | Australia | ISSN: | 2071-6834 | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 160806 Social Theory 160512 Social Policy 160809 Sociology of Education |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 940201 Civics and Citizenship 940299 Government and Politics not elsewhere classified 930104 Moral and Social Development (incl. Affect) |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal | Publisher/associated links: | http://www.sextures.net./issues |
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Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Education |
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