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Author | : Audrey Yue |
Publisher | : Hong Kong University Press |
Total Pages | : 267 |
Release | : 2012-10-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9888139339 |
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Singapore remains one of the few countries in Asia that has yet to decriminalize 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. This collection analyses how contemporary queer Singapore has emerged against a contradictory backdrop of sexual repression and cultural liberalisation. Using the innovative framework of illiberal pragmatism, established and emergent local scholars and activists provide expansive coverage of the impact of homosexuality on Singapore's media cultures and political economy, including law, religion, the military, literature, theatre, photography, cinema, social media and queer commerce. It shows how new LGBT subjectivities have been fashioned through the governance of illiberal pragmatism, how pragmatism is appropriated as a form of social and critical democratic action, and how cultural citizenship is forged through a logic of queer complicity that complicates the flows of oppositional resistance and grassroots appropriation.
Author | : Lynette J Chua |
Publisher | : Temple University Press |
Total Pages | : 229 |
Release | : 2014-04-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1439910332 |
Download Mobilizing Gay Singapore Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
For decades, Singapore's gay activists have sought equality and justice in a state where law is used to stifle basic civil and political liberties. In her groundbreaking book, Mobilizing Gay Singapore, Lynette Chua asks, what does a social movement look like in an authoritarian state? She takes an expansive view of the gay movement to examine its emergence, development, strategies, and tactics, as well as the roles of law and rights in social processes. Chua tells this important story using in-depth interviews with gay activists, observations of the movement's activities-including "Pink Dot" events, where thousands of Singaporeans gather in annual celebrations of gay pride-movement documents, government statements, and media reports. She shows how activists deploy "pragmatic resistance" to gain visibility and support, tackle political norms that suppress dissent, and deal with police harassment, while avoiding direct confrontations with the law. Mobilizing Gay Singapore also addresses how these brave, locally engaged citizens come out into the open as gay activists and expand and diversify their efforts in the global queer political movement.
Author | : Shawna Tang |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 211 |
Release | : 2016-10-04 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1317519167 |
Download Postcolonial Lesbian Identities in Singapore Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Taking lesbians in Singapore as a case study, this book explores the possibility of a modern gay identity in a postcolonial society, that is not dependent on Western queer norms. It looks at the core question of how this identity can be reconciled with local culture and how it relates to global modernities and dominant understandings of what it means to be queer. It engages with debates about globalization, post-colonialism and sexuality, while emphasising the specificity, diversity and interconnectedness of local lesbian sexualities.
Author | : Sharon A. Bong |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2020-04-02 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1350132748 |
Download Becoming Queer and Religious in Malaysia and Singapore Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
What does it mean to become religiously queer or queerly religious in one's everyday life? What narratives of becoming 'person' emerge from these lived realities? Sharon A. Bong addresses these questions by exploring the personal journeys of several GLBTIQ (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer) persons negotiating the tensions between living out their sexuality and religiosity in the context of Malaysia and Singapore. By sharing their stories, Bong presents a broad spectrum of queer strategies emerging from participants' narratives of 'becoming', which encompass becoming Asian, becoming postcolonial, becoming sexually religious and religiously sexual, and becoming 'persons'. These strategies are used in the book as counterpoints to nationhood narratives of becoming Asian or postcolonial, which are still mired in religious-sponsored and colonial-inherited sexual regulations. Finally, Bong shows how the insistence of identifying as both queer and religious is critical in challenging the conservative social-political milieu surrounding issues of gender diversity and inclusion within these south-east Asian states.
Author | : Shawna Tang |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2016-10-04 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1317519159 |
Download Postcolonial Lesbian Identities in Singapore Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Taking lesbians in Singapore as a case study, this book explores the possibility of a modern gay identity in a postcolonial society, that is not dependent on Western queer norms. It looks at the core question of how this identity can be reconciled with local culture and how it relates to global modernities and dominant understandings of what it means to be queer. It engages with debates about globalization, post-colonialism and sexuality, while emphasising the specificity, diversity and interconnectedness of local lesbian sexualities.
Author | : Robert Phillips |
Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1487525133 |
Download Virtual Activism Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book provides the first detailed, yet accessible, ethnographic case study looking at changes in LGBT activism in Singapore.
Author | : Chris K. K. Tan |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-09-25 |
Genre | : Gay liberation movement |
ISBN | : 9781032034393 |
Download Stand Up for Singapore? Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book details queer Singaporeans' efforts to fashion their sense of national belonging and highlights how the Singaporean state could have better incorporated its diverse population into its nation-building framework. Inspired by previous studies that document the history of the gay rights movement, the construction of post-colonial lesbian identities, and online queer activism, this book invokes the concept of "cultural citizenship." It argues that as citizens, gay men appreciate the material wealth the People's Action Party (PAP) has created. Yet, the PAP's illiberal governance inhibits the development of genuine fondness for the party and, by extension, the nation. Worse, the state's heteronormative social policies further alienate these men. Even so, queer Singaporeans continue to assert their national belonging during Pink Dot and other queer events. As the first monograph to focus on Singaporean gay men, this book aims to enrich scholarly understanding of queer life in Southeast Asia. Academics and students of anthropology and sociology (especially those interested in the nation-state), Southeast Asian Studies, and Queer Studies will find this book innovative and insightful.
Author | : Chee-Hoo Lum |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 299 |
Release | : 2023-08-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9819908647 |
Download Reimagining Singapore Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book approaches the subject of contemporary art by exploring the social embeddedness and identities of Singaporean artists. Linking artistic processes and production to both personal worlds and wider issues, the book examines how artists negotiate their relationships between self and society and between artistic freedom and social responsibility. It is based on original research into the discourses and artistic practices of local artists, with a special focus on emerging artists and artists whose work and perspectives engage with questions of identity. Reimagining contemporary Singapore and their place within it, artists are asserting their multiple and heterogeneous self-identities and contesting hegemonic norms and notions, as they negotiate and adapt to the world around them. This book is relevant to students and researchers in the fields of cultural studies, media studies, art, sociology of art, arts education, and race and ethnicity studies.
Author | : Shawna Tang |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2022-11-22 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1000782956 |
Download Queer Southeast Asia Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Tang and Wijaya present a range of new and established scholarly voices, including local activists directly involved in developments in Southeast Asia. This groundbreaking collection presents the current state of play and longstanding LGBTQ+ debates in this often-overlooked region of Asia. The diversity of both the subject and the region is reflected in the broad scope of topics addressed, from the impact of Japanese queer popular culture on queer Filipinos, to the politics of public toilets in Singapore, and the impact of digital governance on queer communities across ASEAN. Taken in combination, these investigations not only highlight the operations of queer politics in Southeast Asia, but also present a concrete basis to reflect on queer knowledge production in the region. A vital resource for students and scholars of gender and sexuality in Southeast Asia, or any Queer or LGBTQ+ studies looking beyond the West.
Author | : Alyson Campbell |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2016-01-26 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1137411848 |
Download Queer Dramaturgies Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This international collection of essays forms a vibrant picture of the scope and diversity of contemporary queer performance. Ranging across cabaret, performance art, the performativity of film, drag and script-based theatre it unravels the dynamic relationship performance has with queerness as it is presented in local and transnational contexts.