[Discussion] CFP: Bad Subjects -- Sex Politics Issue (10/15/05; e-journal issue)

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From: Joe Lockard <Joe.Lockard@asu.edu>

Call for Papers - Sex Politics
BAD SUBJECTS

How do contemporary states express sexual preferences and regulate the
sexualities of their citizen-subjects?  How do corporations both market 
sex and
participate in public sex politics?  How do sexual identities define 
labor and
media economies?

The Sex Politics issue (#75) of Bad Subjects will cross-examine the sex of
politics and the politics of sex. As global neo-conservative and 
fundamentalist
religious politics seek to universalize themselves, they have advocated
masculine heterosexuality, male supremacist labor regimes, and the 
reinforcement
of 'traditional' gender roles. Gendering of the public sphere gains 
expression
through a variety of political phenomena. These include state violence 
against
vulnerable populations and bodies; political movements to extend state 
control
of reproduction and de-legitimatize women's right to control their bodies;
religio-political alliances to support 'chastity education' and repressive
social governance of sexual expression; and the exclusion and oppression 
of gay,
lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.

The issue will also be interested in first-person and autobiographical 
accounts
of how dominant sex politics shape our own lives, and stories of achieving
social self-determination. Essays from international contributors 
describing the
cultural varieties of sex politics will be of particular interest.

The deadline for foreplay and essay submissions is October 15, 2005. Essay
length of 2000-3000 words recommended; accessible language preferred. Send
essays as Word documents to issue editor Joe Lockard (Joe.Lockard@asu.edu).

Bad Subjects, established in 1991, publishes "political education for 
everyday
life" and has approximately 6,000 readers daily. Its URL is
<http://bad.eserver.org/>



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