| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 254 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Queer Asia
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Queer Asia.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-250) and index. |
| Contents |
Part 1: Cultural citizenship and queer politics. How to bring Singaporeans up straight (1960s-1990s) / Aaron K.H. Ho ; Enforcement of 377A: entering the twilight zone / Michael Hor ; Sexual vigilantes invade gender spaces: religion and sexuality in the AWARE saga / Laurence Wai-Teng Leong ; "Oi, Recruit! Wake up your idea!": Homosexuality and cultural citizenship in the Singaporean military / Chris K.K. Tan ; Transnational lesbian identities: Lessons from Singapore? / Shawna Tang ; Both Contagion and cure: queer politics in the global city-state / Simon Obendorf. -- Part 2: Queer Media cultures. Photo essay: a brief history of early gay venues in Singapore / Roy Tan ; The negative dialectics of homonationalism, or Singapore English newspapers and queer world-making / Jun Zubillaga-Pow ; Impossible presence: toward a queer Singapore Cinema, 1990s-2000s / Kenneth Chan ; The kids are not all right: the curious case of Sapphic censorship in city-state Singapore / Loretta Chen ; "Singaporean by birth, Singaporean by faith": Queer Indians, internet technology, and the reconfiguration of sexual and national identity / Robert Phillips ; "We're the gay company, as gay as it gets": the social enterprise of Fridae / Audrey Yue. |
| Summary |
Singapore remains one of the few countries in Asia that has yet to decriminalise 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Homosexuality -- Singapore.
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Homosexuality. |
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Singapore. |
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Sexual minorities -- Singapore.
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Sexual minorities. |
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Sexual orientation -- Singapore.
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Sexual orientation. |
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Gay people -- Singapore -- Social conditions.
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Gays. |
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Social conditions. |
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Transsexuals -- Singapore -- Social conditions.
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Transsexuals. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Homosexuality. |
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LGBTQ+ people. |
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Sexual minorities. |
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Sexual orientation. |
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Sexual preference. |
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Homosexuals. |
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Transsexual people. |
| Added Author |
Yue, Audrey.
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Zubillaga-Pow, Jun.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Queer singapore. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2012 9789888139330 (OCoLC)794366477 |
| ISBN |
9789882205659 (electronic book) |
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9882205658 (electronic book) |
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9789882208766 (electronic book) |
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9882208762 (electronic book) |
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9789888139330 |
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9888139339 |
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9789888139347 |
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9888139347 |
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