Pride in Asia - Negotiating Ideologies, Localness, and Alternative Futures

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Male femininity, citizenship, and democracy in the linguistic landscape of a 'pride' protest in Bangkok; 3. Landscaping identity politics and class struggle in the Metro Manila pride march; 4. Challenging heteronormativity and reifying tai-ness: the linguistic landscape of Taiwan LGBT+ pride; 5. 'Asia's world city' as Homotopia? Surveying tensions in the linguistic landscape of the Hong Kong gay games; 6. Conclusion; 7. Navigating Asian pride from sexual citizenship and governmentality perspectives: commentary by Mie Hiramoto; References.

Summary

This Element offers a transregional analysis of Pride in Asia on contemporary LGBTQIA+ events in Thailand, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. It uses linguistic landscapes to analyze the discourse and its impact on social, political, and cultural projects. It emphasizes Pride as a dynamic, locally shaped expression of LGBTQIA+ solidarity.

Product details

• Authors: Li-Chi Chen, Christian Go, Mie Hiramoto, Hiramoto Mie, Benedict J. L. Rowlett, Benedict J. L. (Hong Kong Baptist Univers Rowlett, Pavadee Saisuwan
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2025
• EAN: 9781009415798
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0941579-8
• No. of pages: 104
• Series: Elements in Language, Gender and Sexuality
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Asia, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Sociolinguistics, Social issues & processes, Gender studies, gender groups, Gay & Lesbian studies, Sex and sexuality, social aspects, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Sexual Behaviour, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics