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Renegotiating American Nationalism
The Proxy War over Marriage Equality through the Lens of Un-Americanism
American Studies – A Monograph Series, Bd. 317
2022
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Abstract
In its landmark ruling ‘Obergefell v. Hodges’, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the U.S. Constitution grants same-sex couples the right to marry. This decision marked a peak of the gay and lesbian community’s insistence on a full inclusion into the American nation, challenging traditional ideas of American nationalism. Operationalizing the term ‘un-American’ as a novel analytical tool, the book examines the many facets of American people renegotiating the legal and sociocultural equalization of gays and lesbians. The study reveals the Extent to which this newly found legal equality translated into a greater equality regarding the full inclusion of gay subjects into contemporary concepts of American nationalism. It takes particular interest in disclosing that such conflicts tend to serve as proxy wars for disputes that are ultimately processes of renegotiating American nationalism. The culture war over marriage equality soon became incidental to larger sociocultural transformations.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
| Zwischenüberschrift | Seite | Aktion | Preis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| Titel | III | ||
| Imprint | IV | ||
| Table of Contents | V | ||
| Acknowledgements | VII | ||
| Introduction | 1 | ||
| I ‘Un-American’ as Analytical Tool | 29 | ||
| II Everyday Nationalism | 51 | ||
| III History of Un-Americanism | 73 | ||
| IV Charges of Un-Americanism in the Debate on Marriage Equality | 97 | ||
| A The Road to Marriage Equality | 97 | ||
| B Supporters’ Arguments for Charges of Un-Americanism | 111 | ||
| C Opponents’ Arguments for Charges of Un-Americanism | 132 | ||
| D Conclusion | 152 | ||
| V Marriage Equality in Court | 155 | ||
| A Legislation without Representation | 155 | ||
| B ‚United States v. Windsor‘: An Analysis | 164 | ||
| C ‚Obergefell v. Hodges‘: An Analysis | 188 | ||
| D Backlash to Court Rulings | 208 | ||
| E Conclusion | 217 | ||
| VI Polarization, American Values, and the Nation | 219 | ||
| A The Divided States of America | 219 | ||
| B The Politicization of Marriage in the United States | 231 | ||
| C The (Unkept) Promise of Equality | 238 | ||
| D Fear of Loss and Societal Instability | 246 | ||
| E The Nation as the Family | 257 | ||
| F Conclusion | 264 | ||
| VII The Renegotiation of American Nationalism and Its Inclusiveness | 267 | ||
| A Normalism and Normativity | 267 | ||
| B Homonationalism | 282 | ||
| C The Assimilated Americanized vs. the Notorious Un-American | 298 | ||
| D Conclusion | 316 | ||
| Conclusion | 319 | ||
| Bibliography | 327 | ||
| Backcover | Backcover |
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