Playing with Fire

Opens the intersection of lesbian and gay studies and political theory to a wide audience, covering a wide range of issues, including ethnic, racial and sexual identities and the meaning of equal citizenship.
The period 1991 to 1996 has witnessed the birth of a new group of young scholars writing about queer law, politics, and policy - topics which now attract the attention of political theorists of all allegiances. This text opens the intersection of lesbian and gay studies and political theory to a wide audience, covering a range of issues, including: the theory of queer identities, the contrasts among ethnic, racial, and sexual identities, and communitarians and the meaning of equal citizenship.