Postcolonial Lesbian Identities in Singapore

Re-thinking global sexualities

Shawna Tang (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

210 Seiten

2018
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-60468-1 (ISBN)

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Taking lesbians in Singapore as a case study, this book explores the possibility of a modern gay identity in a postcolonial society, that is not dependent on Western queer norms. It looks at the core question of how this identity can be reconciled with local culture and how it relates to global modernities and dominant understandings of what it means to be queer. It engages with debates about globalization, post-colonialism and sexuality, while emphasising the specificity, diversity and interconnectedness of local lesbian sexualities.

Shawna Tang is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Western Sydney University, Australia. Formerly a Lecturer at the Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, and former Deputy Editor of International Sociology. She obtained her PhD at the Department of Sociology at the University of Sydney.

01. List of diagrams and illustrations

02. Chapter One: Introduction

03. Chapter Two: Conceptual underpinnings of global queering

04. Chapter Three: Postcolonial Singapore: State, nationalism and sexuality

05. Chapter Four: Sexual politics in Singapore: Sodomy law and lesbian resistance

06. Chapter Five: Transnational politics of local queer activism and lesbian activists

07. Chapter Six: ‘Modern’ lesbian lives in postcolonial Singapore

08. Chapter Seven: Recollections, remarks and re-making the relations

09. Methodological Appendix

Erscheinungsdatum	24.07.2018
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Research on Gender in Asia Series
Zusatzinfo	3 Tables, black and white; 2 Line drawings, black and white; 2 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	312 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	1-138-60468-2 / 1138604682
ISBN-13	978-1-138-60468-1 / 9781138604681
Zustand	Neuware