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Imagining gay paradise : Bali, Bangkok, and cyber-Singapore /

Mages of Manhood asks the question: How have gay/queer men in Southeast Asia used images of paradise to construct homes for themselves and for the different ideas of manhood they represent? The book examines how three gay men in Bali, Bangkok, and Singapore have deployed different ideas of "par...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Atkins, Gary, 1949- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hong Kong : London : Hong Kong University Press ; Eurospan [distributor], 2012.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. At the end of empires
  • ch. 1. The triple supremacy
  • ch. 2. The problem with home (1)
  • ch. 3. Men of the feast : Saranrom
  • ch. 4. The escape from Nosferatu
  • ch. 5. A new man for Siam
  • ch. 6. Magical reality, running amok
  • ch. 7. Men of the dance
  • ch. 8. The triple taboo
  • ch. 9. A pivotal year
  • ch. 10. A final chord
  • ch. 11. Dancing with Ezekiel
  • ch. 12. Transition : a murder for paradise
  • pt. 2. The hope for a better age
  • ch. 13. Nanyang family
  • ch. 14. Men of the feast : Babylon
  • ch. 15. The problem with home (2)
  • ch. 16. A new man for Thailand
  • ch. 17. Men of the Net
  • ch. 18. A pivotal day
  • ch. 19. Dancing under the merlion
  • ch. 20. A new nation
  • Postscript
  • Notes
  • Select bibliography
  • Index.