Women's sexualities and masculinities in globalizing Asia /

A unique collection of writings by both academic and activist scholars on women's same-sex sexualities and female masculinities in a globalizing Asia. Through richly detailed studies, contributors explore the emergence of contemporary lesbian and butch/femme relationships and communities throug...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Wieringa, Saskia, 1950-, Blackwood, Evelyn, Bhaiyā, Ābhā
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Colección:Comparative feminist studies series.
Temas:
Lesbianism > Asia.
Lesbians > Asia > Social conditions.
Gender identity.
Social history.
Women.
Homosexuality, Female
Gender Identity
Social Conditions
Women
Lesbianisme > Asie.
Lesbiennes > Asie > Conditions sociales.
Identité de genre.
Histoire sociale.
Femmes.
sex role.
social history.
women (female humans)
Gender studies: women.
Lesbian studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Lesbian Studies.
Society.
Social history
Gender identity
Lesbianism
Lesbians > Social conditions
Asia
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Globalization, Sexuality and Silences: Women's Same-Sex Experiences in a Globalizing Asia / Evelyn Blackwood & Saskia E. Wieringa
  • Part I: Historical Legacies
  • Silence, Sin and the System: Women's Same-Sex Practices in Japan / Saskia E. Wieringa
  • Desire and Deviance in Classical Indian Philosophy: A Study of Female Masculinity and Male Femininity in the Tamil Folk Legend / Alliyarasanimalai Kanchana Natarajan
  • Part II: Conditional Subjectivities
  • The Spring that Flowers between Women / Abha Bhaiya
  • Performing Gender along the Lesbian Continuum: The Politics of Sexual Identity in the Seit̥ Society / Peichen Wu
  • But no one has explained to me who I am now: Trans Self-perceptions in Sri Lanka / Shermal Wijewardene
  • Part III: Female Masculinities
  • Gender Subjectivity: Dees and Toms in Thailand / Megan Sinnott
  • Hunting down Love: Female Masculinity in Bugis South Sulawesi / Sharyn Graham Davies
  • Lesbian Masculinities: Identity and Body Construction among Tomboys in Hong Kong / Franco Lai
  • Transnational Sexualities in One Place: Indonesian Readings / Evelyn Blackwood
  • Part IV: Silencing and Modes of Invisibility
  • Flames of Fire: Expressions and Denial of Female Sexuality / Abha Bhaiya
  • Dying to Tell: Sexuality and Suicide in Imperial Japan / Jennifer Robertson
  • She has come from the world of the spirits: Life Stories of Working-class Lesbian Women in Northern India / Maya Sharma.

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