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 throughout Asia and their location within the context of nationalist struggles, religious fundamentalism, state gender regimes, and global queer movements
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9780230604124, 9781403977687, 9781281363589, 9780230617483, 0230604129, 1403977682, 1281363588, 0230617484
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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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