@article{ref1,
title="Political identities/nationalism as heterosexism",
journal="International feminist journal of politics",
year="1999",
author="Peterson, V. Spike",
volume="1",
number="1",
pages="34-65",
abstract="In the past decade, feminists have produced a considerable and important literature that critically analyses the gendering of the state and state-centric nationalism. This article draws from and shifts the focus of these studies to examine nationalism not simply as gendered but as heterosexist. I first locate nationalism as a subset of political identities and identification processes, then take (heterosexist) gender identities as an indispensable starting point in the study of political identities. I next turn to early western state making and its writing technologies to materialize the normalization and practice (divisions of power, authority, labor). Finally, I chart five gender-differentiated dimensions heterosexist presumptions - and enduring problems. of (hetero)gender binaries in thought (western metaphysics/phallogocentrism) of state-centric nationalism that expose the latter's<p />",
language="",
issn="1461-6742",
doi="10.1080/146167499360031",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/146167499360031"
}