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Under bright lights : gay Manila and the global scene /
'Under Bright Lights' vividly describes the emergence in twenty-first century Manila of a 'bright lights' scene: a world composed of dance clubs, upmarket bars, party circuits, and other commercial sites that evoke images of a gay globe, but which remain bound to a landscape of d...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis, MN :
University of Minnesota Press,
[2014]
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| Colección: | Difference incorporated.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 'Under Bright Lights' vividly describes the emergence in twenty-first century Manila of a 'bright lights' scene: a world composed of dance clubs, upmarket bars, party circuits, and other commercial sites that evoke images of a gay globe, but which remain bound to a landscape of disorder, mass poverty, and urban decay. Benedicto argues that queer world-making practices sustain élite desires for global modernity and the class, gender, and racial orders that structure urban life in the post-colony. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xx, 213 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781452943343 1452943346 9781452949437 1452949433 |