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Women's sexualities and masculinities in globalizing Asia
Title
Women's sexualities and masculinities in globalizing Asia / edited by Saskia E. Wieringa, Evelyn Blackwood, and Abha Bhaiya.
ISBN
9780230604124
0230604129
9781403977687
1403977682
1281363588
9781281363589
1403977682
9780230617483
0230617484
Published
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Physical Description
1 online resource. (xv, 279 pages) : photographs.
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Summary
A unique collection of writings by both academic and activist scholars on women's same-sex sexualities and female masculinities in a globalizing Asia. Through richly detailed studies, contributors explore 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.
Variant and related titles
Palgrave social & cultural studies collection 2007.
Other formats
Print version: Women's sexualities and masculinities in globalizing Asia. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 19, 2018
Series
Comparative feminist studies
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 Seit̥ Society / Peichen Wu
But no one has explained to me who I am now: Trans 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
She has come from the world of the spirits: Life Stories of Working-class Lesbian Women in Northern India / Maya Sharma.
Subjects
Subjects (Medical)
Homosexuality, Female.
Gender Identity.
Social Conditions.
Women.
Genre/Form
Electronic books.
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