Queer Asia - Decolonising and Reimagining Sexuality and Gender

Queer studies is now a rapidly expanding field, as scholars from a variety of disciplines seek to address the long-running marginalisation of queer perspectives and experiences. But there has so far been little effort to unify the study of queer communities outside the West, and much of the current writing views these communities through a narrowly Western lens.Building on the work of the annual Queer Asia conference, which the editors helped to establish, this collection represents the most comprehensive work to date on queer studies in an Asian context. Featuring case studies and original research from across the continent, covering the Middle East, South and East Asia, and Asian diasporas, the collection offers a genuinely pan-Asian perspective which places queer Asian identities and movements in dialogue with each other, rather than within a Western framework.By considering how queerness is imagined within plural Asian experiences and contexts, the contributors show a that re-envisioning of ''queer'' through Asian perspectives has the potential to challenge existing discourses and debates in the wider field of contemporary gender, sexuality, and queer studies.>

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• Authors: Jennifer Ung Loh, J Daniel Luther, Matth Waites
• Assisted by: Jennifer Ung Loh (Editor), J. Daniel Luther (Editor), Matthew Waites (Foreword), Waites Matthew (Foreword)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.06.2024
• EAN: 9781350516762
• ISBN: 978-1-350-51676-2
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 214 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Cultural Studies, Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, ART / Film & Video, Films, cinema, Sociology: sexual relations, Gender studies, gender groups, Gay & Lesbian studies, Sex and sexuality, social aspects, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General, National liberation and independence, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Sexuality, Literary studies: postcolonial literature, For higher / tertiary / university education, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics, For undergraduate education and equivalents, For graduate / post-graduate and equivalents