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From Sleepless in Seattle to I Seoul You
Korean Gay Men and Cross-cultural Encounters in Transnational Times
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eBook - ePub
From Sleepless in Seattle to I Seoul You
Korean Gay Men and Cross-cultural Encounters in Transnational Times
About this book
How might a S?moan diasporic lens broaden our understanding of queer worlds?
Queer worlds are often theorized using Western frameworks of knowledge systems and power. In this book, queer author and researcher Seuta?afili Patrick Thomsen brings diversity to the discourse, by exploring the stories of Korean gay men in and between Seoul in Korea and Seattle in the US. Drawn from lived experience and the author's use of talanoa (Pacific research methodology), the book centres transnational, migrant and racialized realities – so contributing to the complication of West-centric ideas of gayness and coming out.
Looking at the intersections of race, globalization, diaspora, religion and queer identity, these stories add richness and complexity to the field of Queer and LGBT+ Studies.
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Yes, you can access From Sleepless in Seattle to I Seoul You by Seutaʻafili Dr Patrick Thomsen PhD, Patrick Thomsen in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Social Science Biographies. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- v
- Dedication
- ixContents
- 1 Beginnings
- 2 Sleepless in Seattle: The complex and complicated coming-out process
- 3 Doing the transnational time warp: Constructing difference between Korean America and contemporary South Korea
- 4 Global Korean gaze: Influences from the “West” and the emergence of a Korean gay consciousness in Seoul
- 5 Negotiating queer/gay futurity in Seoul
- 6 Seattle so gay white: Unpacking the experiences of racism among Korean gay men
- 7 Insidious collusion: Exploring the transnational nature of gay racism13
- 8 Conclusion: Thoughts and reflections from a Samoan queer researcher
- 172171173References
- 185Recommended further reading
- Index