AsiaPacifiQueer
Rethinking Genders and Sexualities
$75.15
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
14 September 2008
Summary
This interdisciplinary collection examines the shaping of local sexual cultures in the Asian Pacific region in order to move beyond definitions and understandings of sexuality that rely on Western assumptions. The diverse studies in AsiaPacifiQueer demonstrate convincingly that in the realm of sexualities, globalization results in creative and cultural admixture rather than a unilateral imposition of the western values and forms of sexual culture. These essays range across the Pacific Rim and…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780252075070 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0252075072 |
| Author: | Fran Martin, Peter Jackson, Mark McLelland, Audrey Yue, Ronald Baytan, J. Neil C. Garcia, Kam Yip Lo Lucetta, Song Hwee Lim, J. Darren Mackintosh, Claire Maree |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press |
| Imprint: | University of Illinois Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 14 September 2008 |
| Weight: | 481g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 18mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“Opens up new paradigms in understanding LGBTQ cultures in Asia and beyond.”–Intersections
“Needs to be read by everyone interested in sex and gender.”–Pacific Affairs
About The Author
Fran Martin
Fran Martin, University of Melbourne, is the author of Situating Sexualities: Queer Representation in Taiwanese Fiction, Film, and Public Culture.Peter A. Jackson, Australian National University, is the author of Lady Boys, Tom Boys, Rent Boys: Male and Female Homosexualities in Contemporary Thailand. Mark McLelland, University of Wollongong, Australia, is the author of Queer Japan from the Pacific War to the Internet Age. Audrey Yue, University of Melbourne, is coeditor of Mobile Cultures: New Media in Queer Asia.
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