- 200 pages
- English
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About this book
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.
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Yes, you can access Postcolonial Lesbian Identities in Singapore by Shawna Tang in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Ciencias sociales & Antropología cultural y social. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Conceptual underpinnings of global queering
- 3 Postcolonial Singapore: state, nationalism and sexuality
- 4 Sexual politics in Singapore: sodomy law and lesbian resistance
- 5 Transnational politics of local queer activism and lesbian activists
- 6 ‘Modern’ lesbian lives in postcolonial Singapore
- 7 Recollections, remarks and re-making the relations: a postcolonial politics of difference
- Methodological appendix
- References
- Index