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Queer Asian identities in contemporary Aotearoa New Zealand : one foot out of the closet / Sidney Gig-Jan Wong ; edited by Patrick Thomsen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wong, Sidney Gig-Jan, author.
- Series:
- Queer and LGBT+ Studies, Asian Studies (Lived Places Publishing)
- Queer and LGBT+ Studies, Asian Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sexual minorities--New Zealand--Social conditions.
- Sexual minorities.
- Asians--New Zealand--Social conditions.
- Asians.
- Asians--Social conditions.
- LGBTQ+ people.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (275 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- One foot out of the closet
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Lived Places Publishing, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A Cantonese-Tauiwi queer man reflects on his lived experiences as a means to explore the intersection of Asian-ness and queerness in Aotearoa New Zealand. Queer Asian communities in Aotearoa New Zealand can suffer erasure caused by the dominance of whiteness in queer spaces. Written as a deliberate challenge to this invisibility, author Sidney Gig-Jan Wong 黃吉贊 reflects on his life and upbringing in order to explore the intersections of his own identity and ongoing coming out experience, and also highlight the perspectives of a minoritized community. Ideal reading for students of LGBTQIA+ studies and Asian studies, as well as anthropology and sociology, this book draws on queer theory and the author's life in a way that personalises concepts and highlights the humanity in the social sciences.
- Contents:
- Content warning
- Learning objectives
- Prologue
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 to leave one's homeland
- Chapter 2to lay roots in the soil
- Chapter 3to navigate the world alone
- Chapter 4to obtain enlightenment
- Chapter 5to obsess without reason
- Chapter 6to return to one's roots
- Chapter 7to find comfort in a hopeless situation
- Chapter 8to sail against the tide
- Chapter 9to long for a memory
- Chapter 10to inherit the teachings of one's forebears
- Chapter 11to love one's imperfections
- Chapter 12to stand without faltering
- Epilogue
- Recommended projects
- Recommended further reading
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on Publisher's website, viewed November 07, 2023.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Queer Asian identities in contemporary Aotearoa New Zealand : one foot out of the closet.
- ISBN:
- 9781915271488
- 9781915271501
- 9781915271495
- OCLC:
- 1381709483
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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