Gay and lesbian Asia : culture, identity, community / Gerard Sullivan, Peter A. Jackson, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sullivan, Gerard.

Jackson, Peter A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay men--Asia--Social conditions.

Gay men.

Gay men--Asia--Identity.

Lesbians--Asia--Social conditions.

Lesbians.

Lesbians--Asia--Identity.

Gay community--Asia.

Gay community.

Lesbian community--Asia.

Lesbian community.

Identity (Philosophical concept).

Social conditions.

Asia.

Physical Description:

280 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Harrington Park Press, [2001]

Contents:

Pre-Gay, Post-Queer: Thai Perspectives on Proliferating Gender/Sex Diversity in Asia / Peter A. Jackson 1

Homosexuality and the Cultural Politics of Tongzhi in Chinese Societies / Chou Wah-Shan 27

Becoming a Gay Activist in Contemporary China / Wan Yanhai 47

Mapping the Vicissitudes of Homosexual Identities in South Korea / Seo Dong-Jin 65

Tiptoe Out of the Closet: The Before and After of the Increasingly Visible Gay Community in Singapore / Russell Heng Hiang Khng 81

Culture, Sexualities, and Identities: Men Who Have Sex with Men in India / Shivananda Khan 99

Survival Through Pluralism: Emerging Gay Communities in the Philippines / Michael L. Tan 117

Gay and Lesbian Couples in Malaysia / Ismail Baba 143

Let Them Take Ecstasy: Class and Jakarta Lesbians / Alison J. Murray 165

Drink, Stories, Penis, and Breasts: Lesbian Tomboys in Taiwan from the 1960s to the 1990s / Y. Antonia Chao 185

Asian Values, Family Values: Film, Video, and Lesbian and Gay Identities / Chris Berry 211

Homosexual Rights as Human Rights in Indonesia and Australia / Baden Offord, Leon Cantrell 233

Variations on a Common Theme? Gay and Lesbian Identity and Community in Asia / Gerard Sullivan 253.

Notes:

"Has been co-published simultaneously as Journal of homosexuality, volume 40, numbers 3/4 2001."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1560231459

1560231467

OCLC:

45700647