AsiaPacifiQueer: Rethinking Genders and SexualitiesFran Martin, Peter Jackson, Mark McLelland, Audrey Yue This interdisciplinary collection examines the shaping of local sexual cultures in the Asian Pacific region in order to move beyond definitions and understandings of sexuality that rely on Western assumptions. The diverse studies in AsiaPacifiQueer demonstrate convincingly that in the realm of sexualities, globalization results in creative and cultural admixture rather than a unilateral imposition of the western values and forms of sexual culture. These essays range across the Pacific Rim and encompass a variety of forms of social, cultural, and personal expression, examining sexuality through music, cinema, the media, shifts in popular rhetoric, comics and magazines, and historical studies. By investigating complex processes of localization, interregional borrowing, and hybridization, the contributors underscore the mutual transformation of gender and sexuality in both Asian Pacific and Western cultures. |
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AsiaPacifiQueer: Rethinking Genders and Sexualities Fran Martin,Peter Jackson,Mark McLelland,Audrey Yue Limited preview - 2008 |