Governing the Terrain Called Beauty (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781009872324)

Revolutionary Cuba does not recognize the liberal rights on which LGBTQ advocates in the United States rely. How then, has legal progress occurred for LGTBQ people in Cuba? This book traces the history of LGBTQ identity and law in Cuba and the US from the turn of the twentieth century through the legalization of same-sex marriage. It investigates material and discursive conditions during and after the Cold War and the under-recognized importance of legal consciousness. Applying comparative legal analysis, genealogy, critical social theories, and interviewing, the book produces an encounter between Cuba and the US that directs attention to the millions of constitutive run-ins that occur daily between the global and the local. Rich and insightful, it reveals how law and identity evolve under imperialism, anxious nationalisms, racial stratification, and economic hardship.

Author: Libby Adler
ISBN-10: 100987232X
ISBN-13: 9781009872324
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/23/2026
Pages: 254
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d