| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 254 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Queer Asia |
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Queer Asia
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| Contents |
Part 1: Cultural citizenship and queer politics. How to bring Singaporeans up straight (1960s-1990s) / Aaron K.H. Ho ; Enforcement of 377A: entering the twilight zone / Michael Hor ; Sexual vigilantes invade gender spaces: religion and sexuality in the AWARE saga / Laurence Wai-Teng Leong ; "Oi, Recruit! Wake up your idea!": Homosexuality and cultural citizenship in the Singaporean military / Chris K.K. Tan ; Transnational lesbian identities: Lessons from Singapore? / Shawna Tang ; Both Contagion and cure: queer politics in the global city-state / Simon Obendorf. -- Part 2: Queer Media cultures. Photo essay: a brief history of early gay venues in Singapore / Roy Tan ; The negative dialectics of homonationalism, or Singapore English newspapers and queer world-making / Jun Zubillaga-Pow ; Impossible presence: toward a queer Singapore Cinema, 1990s-2000s / Kenneth Chan ; The kids are not all right: the curious case of Sapphic censorship in city-state Singapore / Loretta Chen ; "Singaporean by birth, Singaporean by faith": Queer Indians, internet technology, and the reconfiguration of sexual and national identity / Robert Phillips ; "We're the gay company, as gay as it gets": the social enterprise of Fridae / Audrey Yue |
| Summary |
Singapore remains one of the few countries in Asia that has yet to decriminalise homosexuality. Yet it has also been hailed by many as one of the emerging gay capitals of Asia. This book accounts for the rise of mediated queer cultures in Singapore's current milieu of illiberal citizenship |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-250) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Homosexuality -- Singapore
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Sexual minorities -- Singapore
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Sexual orientation -- Singapore
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Gay people -- Singapore -- Social conditions
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Transsexuals -- Singapore -- Social conditions
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gay Studies.
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Gays -- Social conditions
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Homosexuality
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Sexual minorities
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Sexual orientation
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Transsexuals -- Social conditions
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Homosexuality
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Sexual minorities
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Sexual orientation
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Singapore
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Yue, Audrey, editor
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Zubillaga-Pow, Jun, editor
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| ISBN |
9789882205659 |
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9882205658 |
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9789882208766 |
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9882208762 |
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9888180193 |
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9789888180196 |
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1283870126 |
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9781283870122 |
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