Impossible Desires : Queer Diasporas and South Asian Public Cultures /

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By bringing queer theory to bear on ideas of diaspora, Gayatri Gopinath produces both a more compelling queer theory and a more nuanced understanding of diaspora. Focusing on queer female diasporic subjectivity, Gopinath develops a theory of diaspora apart from the logic of blood, authenticity, and...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gopinath, Gayatri (Autor)
Otros Autores: Halberstam, Judith (Editor ), Lowe, Lisa (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, [2005]
Colección:Perverse Modernities: A Series Edited by Jack Halberstam and Lisa Lowe : 20
Temas:
Gays in popular culture.
Homosexuality in literature.
Homosexuality in motion pictures.
Homosexuality in music.
South Asians in literature.
South Asians in mass media.
South Asians > Foreign countries > Social conditions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBT Studies / Gay Studies.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Impossible Desires: An Introduction
  • 2 Communities of Sound: Queering South Asian Popular Music in the Diaspora
  • 3 Surviving Naipaul: Housing Masculinity in A House for Mr. Biswas, Surviving Sabu, and East Is East
  • 4 Bollywood/Hollywood: Queer Cinematic Representation and the Perils of Translation
  • 5 Local Sites/Global Contexts: The Transnational Trajectories of Fire and ''The Quilt''
  • 6 Nostalgia, Desire, Diaspora: Funny Boy and Cereus Blooms at Night
  • 7 Epilogue: Queer Homes in Diaspora
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Filmography
  • Index

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