%0 Journal Article
%T The Heterosexual Matrix as Imperial Effect
%A Vrushali Patil
%J Sociological Theory
%@ 1467-9558
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0735275118759382
%X While Judith Butler¡¯s concept of the heterosexual matrix is dominant in gender and sexuality studies, it is a curiously aspatial and atemporal concept. This paper seeks to re-embed it within space and time by situating its emergence within colonial and imperial histories. Based on this discussion, it ends with three lessons for contemporary work on gender and sexuality and a broader theorization of sex-gender-sexuality regimes beyond the heterosexual matrix
%K historical sociology
%K webbed connectivities
%K sociology of gender
%K sociology of sexuality
%K empire
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0735275118759382