Boellstorff A Coincidence of Desires

Anthropology, Queer Studies, Indonesia
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8953-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 292 Seiten

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An anthropological examination of non-normative male sexuality outside of the "West," using Indonesia as a case study.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Boellstorff, Tom

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix

A Note on Indonesian Terms and Italicization xiii

INTRODUCTION: Queering Disciplines in Time 1

1. Zines and Zones of Desire 35

2. Warias, National Transvestites 78

3. Gay Language, Registering Belonging 114

4. Between Religion and Desire 139

5. The Emergence of Political Homophobia 161

6. Comparatively Queer in Southeast Asia 181

Notes 219

References 235

Index 269

Über Autor(innen)

Tom Boellstorff is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of The Gay Archipelago: Sexuality and Nation in Indonesia and a coeditor of Speaking in Queer Tongues: Globalization and Gay Language, as well as the editor of American Anthropologist. To learn more about Tom Boellstorff’s work, visit his website.