Sexual Citizens The Legal and Cultural Regulation of Sex and Belonging

"This is a succint and stimulating book that contains a number of insightful and thought-provoking essays on contemporary transformations in the politics of sexual citizenship in the United States." - Feminist Legal Studies "In the sociological literature, the theme of intimate or sexual citizenship has been around for almost a decade, but Cossman's book is a more important and useful contribution to this eld, because she combines subtle insights into popular cultural manifestations of self-discipline while also examining the legal ramications of what we might call cross-border sexual forays." - American Journal of Sociology "One of the strongest points of [Cossman's] book is her ability to see sexual citizenship as involving more that just a discussion over sexual orientation and citizenship... The book makes an excellent addition to studies of sexuality and the law, from general issues of privacy to specific issues, such as same sex marriage. Readers should find Sexual Citizens worthwhile and engaging." - Law and Politics Book Review "Cossman significantly advances the literature on sexual citizenship, law and popular culture, lesbian and gay studies, and more broadly, the relationship between law and extra-legal forms of regulation. This is a fascinating and well-executed book." - Carl F. Stychin (University of Reading) "What we know from inside legal studies is that most of the places where legal systems actually make differences in people's lives are not in high-constitutional rights assertion but in the billions of small interactions that are subtended by law as a vastly diverse regulatory practice and as a space for political struggle. Cossman's book stands out for looking at sexuality as a regulatory domain, rather than as a place for the spectacular but distracting recognitions and de-recognitions afforded by current constitutional rights struggles." - Janet Halley (Harvard Law School)