Global divas : Filipino gay men in the diaspora / Martin F. Manalansan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Manalansan, Martin F., 1960-

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Perverse modernities.

Perverse modernities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay men--Philippines--Identity.

Gay men.

Male homosexuality--Philippines.

Male homosexuality.

Filipinos--Ethnic identity.

Filipinos.

Gay men--New York (State)--New York--Identity.

Male homosexuality--New York (State)--New York.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 pages)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An ethnography of Filipino gay men in New York that explores their sexual and national identities.

A vivid ethnography of the global and transnational dimensions of gay identity as lived by Filipino immigrants in New York City, Global Divas challenges beliefs about the progressive development of a gay world and the eventual assimilation of all queer folks into gay modernity. Insisting that gay identity is not teleological but fraught with fissures, Martin Manalansan IV describes how Filipino gay immigrants, like many queers of color, are creating alternative paths to queer modernity and citizenship. He makes a compelling argument for the significance of diaspora and immigration as sites for investigating the complexities of gender, race, and sexuality. Manalansan locates diasporic, transnational, and global dimensions of gay and other queer identities within a framework of quotidian struggles ranging from everyday domesticity to public engagements with racialized and gendered images to life-threatening situations involving AIDS. He reveals the gritty, mundane, and often contradictory deeds and utterances of Filipino gay men as key elements of queer globalization and transnationalism. Through careful and sensitive analysis of these men's lives and rituals, he demonstrates that transnational gay identity is not merely a consumable product or lifestyle, but rather a pivotal element in the multiple, shifting relationships that queer immigrants of color mobilize as they confront the tribulations of a changing world.

Contents:

The borders between bakla and gay

Speaking in transit : queer language and translated lives

"Out there" : the topography of race and desire in the global city

The biyuti and drama of everyday life

"To play with the world" : the pageantry of identities

Tita Aida : intimate geographies of suffering

Locating the diasporic deviant/diva.

Notes:

"A John Hope Franklin Center book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ruth Benedict Prize (won), 2003

ISBN:

9786612920905

9781282920903

1282920901

9780822385172

0822385171

OCLC:

850218230