Christopher W. Clark is Visiting Lecturer in the Department of English and Creative Writing at the University of Hertfordshire, UK.

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION.. 6

THE US STATE AND 9/11

QUEER STUDIES AND IDENTITY. 15

THE GLOBAL STATE. 17

CHAPTERS

CHAPTER TWO: AMERICAN AVENGERS

GOD-GIVEN FREEDOMS

DEMARCATING SPACES. 33

BANAL AESTHETICS. 38

AC/KNOWLEDGE/MENT. 43

CHAPTER THREE: WE COULD BE HEROES. 54

VIOLENT ANIMALS. 59

MULTIVALENT DISPLACEMENTS. 64

RELATING FAILURE. 68

TRAVERSING BORDERS. 77

CHAPTER FOUR: BLACK SITES. 86

DARK IMPLICATIONS. 89

QUEER CONTROL. 101

EMPATHETIC PALIMPSESTS. 108

CHAPTER FIVE: EMERGENT QUEERS. 117

MYTHICAL MOVEMENT. 119

COMMUNITY AND BELONGING.. 125

NORMATIVE LEGACIES. 131

BATTLING FANTASIES. 138

CHAPTER SIX: CONCLUSION.. 146

INDEX. 153