Screen LibraryWomen's Sexualities and Masculinities in a Globalizing Asia
Through detailed studies, this collection of writings by academics and activists explores the emergence of contemporary lesbian and butch/femme relationships and communities throughout Asia and their location within the context of nationalist struggles, religious fundamentalism, state gender regimes...
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Comparative feminist studies |
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230604124 |
| Summary: |
Through detailed studies, this collection of writings by academics and activists explores the emergence of contemporary lesbian and butch/femme relationships and communities throughout Asia and their location within the context of nationalist struggles, religious fundamentalism, state gender regimes and global queer movements. |
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Ebook. Originally published in: 2007. |
| Carrier Form: | 296 p. |
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9781403977687 9780230604124 : 0230604129 : |
| CLC: | C91 |
| Contents: | Globalization, Sexuality and Silences: Women's Same-Sex Experiences in a Globalizing Asia - Evelyn Blackwood & Saskia E. Wieringa * Part I: Historical Legacies * Silence, Sin and the System: Women's Same-Sex Practices in Japan - Saskia E.Wieringa * Desire and Deviance in Classical Indian Philosophy: A Study of Female Masculinity and Male Femininity in the Tamil Folk Legend - Alliyarasanimalai Kanchana Natarajan * Part II: Conditional Subjectivities * The Spring that Flowers between Women - Abha Bhaiya * Performing Gender along the Lesbian Continuum: The Politics of Sexual Identity in the Seito Society - Peichen Wu * A"But no one has explained to me who I am nowA...A": A"TransA" Self-perceptions in Sri Lanka - Shermal Wijewardene * Part III: Female Masculinities * Gender Subjectivity: Dees and Toms in Thailand - Megan Sinnott * Hunting down Love: Female Masculinity in Bugis South Sulawesi - Sharyn Graham Davies * Lesbian Masculinities: Identity and Body Construction among Tomboys in Hong Kong - Franco Lai * Transnational Sexualities in One Place: Indonesian Readings - Evelyn Blackwood * Part IV: Silencing and Modes of Invisibility * Flames of Fire: Expressions and Denial of Female Sexuality - Abha Bhaiya * Dying to Tell: Sexuality and Suicide in Imperial Japan Jennifer Robertson * A"She has come from the world of the spiritsA...A": Life Stories of Working-class Lesbian Women in Northern India - Maya Sharma. |