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Queer Asia: Decolonising and Reimagining Sexuality and Gender

Zed Books
J. Daniel Luther, Jennifer Ung Loh, Matthew Waites
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Pages
304 pp.
Language
English
Publisher
Zed Books
Published
2019-08-15
Year
2019
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9781786995827
Dimensions
13.97 × 2.06 × 21.59 cm
Written by
J. Daniel Luther, Jennifer Ung Loh, and Matthew Waites

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.

Title
Queer Asia: Decolonising and Reimagining Sexuality and Gender
Author
J. Daniel Luther, Jennifer Ung Loh, Matthew Waites
Publisher
Zed Books
Published
2019-08-15
Availability
In stock
Language
English
Pages
304 pp.
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN-13
9781786995827
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