Queer Asia: Decolonising and Reimagining Sexuality and Gender

Synopsis

Queer studies is now a rapidly expanding field, as scholars from a variety of disciplines seek to address the long-running marginalisation of queer perspectives and experiences. But there has so far been little effort to unify the study of queer communities outside the West, and much of the current writing views these communities through a narrowly Western lens.Building on the work of the annual Queer Asia conference, which the editors helped to establish, this collection represents the most comprehensive work to date on queer studies in an Asian context. Featuring case studies and original research from across the continent, covering the Middle East, South and East Asia, and Asian diasporas, the collection offers a genuinely pan-Asian perspective which places queer Asian identities and movements in dialogue with each other, rather than within a Western framework.By considering how queerness is imagined within plural Asian experiences and contexts, the contributors show a that re-envisioning of 'queer' through Asian perspectives has the potential to challenge existing discourses and debates in the wider field of contemporary gender, sexuality, and queer studies.

Copyright:

2019

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

280 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781786995841

Related ISBNs:

9781786995810

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing

Date of Addition:

11/12/21

Copyrighted By:

N/A

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender, Psychology, Social Studies, Politics and Government, Sociology

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Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

J. Daniel Luther

Edited by:

Jennifer Ung Loh

Foreword by:

Matthew Waites