TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - Political identities/nationalism as heterosexism
JO  - International feminist journal of politics
A1  - Peterson, V. Spike
SP  - 34
EP  - 65
VL  - 1
IS  - 1
N2  - 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 /> 
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SN  - 1461-6742
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/146167499360031
ID  - ref1
ER  -