Gender and Sexuality

Sexual Subjectivities within Neoliberalism: Can Queer and Crip Engagements Offer an Alternative Praxis?

Download PDF

---

Neoliberal processes have been wrought on the body, and have formed an effective oppression against ‘deviant’ bodies that do not, or cannot, maintain the idealised, heterosexual and able-bodied, neoliberal figure. By engaging with feminist, queer, and crip theoretical framings of the body, and the impact of neoliberal governmentality on non-normative sexuality, I find varied sites where queer, crip, or crip-queer bodies can challenge dominant discourses of heteronormativity and compulsory able-bodiedness. These challenges are crucial to creating counter-publics and counter-discourses to undermine the neoliberal-neoconservative complex. Exploring theorisings of the body and agency further, I look toward a crip/queer alterity, suggesting areas for further research, collaborating with postcolonial theories to examine the neoliberal body in globalised contexts.

---

Detail Information

Publication Information

: ., 2018

Number of Pages

-

ISBN

-

Language

English

ISSN

-

Subject(s)

Heteronormativity
Neoliberalism
Queer theory
Crip theory
Able-bodiedness
Postcolonial theories

Description

-

Citation

-

Other Information

Type

Article

Part Of Series

Journal of International Women’s Studies;Vol. 19, No. 1

DOI Identifier

-

Related Publications

Comments

Leave Your Comments on this Publication

---