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The gay archipelago: sexuality and nation in Indonesia.

2005 Princeton University Press ;ISBN: 0691123330 ;ISBN: 0691123349 ;ISBN: 9780691123349 ;ISBN: 9780691123332 ;ISBN: 1400844053 ;ISBN: 9781400844050 ;EISBN: 1400844053 ;EISBN: 9781400844050 ;DOI: 10.1515/9781400844050 ;OCLC: 863824883 ;LCCallNum: HQ76.3.I5

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  • Title:
    The gay archipelago: sexuality and nation in Indonesia.
  • Author: Boellstorff, Tom ; Boellstorff, Tom
  • Subjects: Anthropology ; Gay men ; Gay Studies ; Gender identity ; Homosexuality ; Identity ; Indonesia ; Lesbian Studies ; Lesbians ; Political aspects ; Social conditions ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Sociology
  • Description: The Gay Archipelagois the first book-length exploration of the lives of gay men in Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous nation and home to more Muslims than any other country. Based on a range of field methods, it explores how Indonesian gay and lesbian identities are shaped by nationalism and globalization. Yet the case of gay and lesbian Indonesians also compels us to ask more fundamental questions about how we decide when two things are "the same" or "different." The book thus examines the possibilities of an "archipelagic" perspective on sameness and difference. Tom Boellstorff examines the history of homosexuality in Indonesia, and then turns to how gay and lesbian identities are lived in everyday Indonesian life, from questions of love, desire, and romance to the places where gay men and lesbian women meet. He also explores the roles of mass media, the state, and marriage in gay and lesbian identities. The Gay Archipelagois unusual in taking the whole nation-state of Indonesia as its subject, rather than the ethnic groups usually studied by anthropologists. It is by looking at the nation in cultural terms, not just political terms, that identities like those of gay and lesbian Indonesians become visible and understandable. In doing so, this book addresses questions of sexuality, mass media, nationalism, and modernity with implications throughout Southeast Asia and beyond.
  • Publisher: Princeton: Princeton University Press
  • Creation Date: 2005
  • Format: 299
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN: 0691123330
    ISBN: 0691123349
    ISBN: 9780691123349
    ISBN: 9780691123332
    ISBN: 1400844053
    ISBN: 9781400844050
    EISBN: 1400844053
    EISBN: 9781400844050
    DOI: 10.1515/9781400844050
    OCLC: 863824883
    LCCallNum: HQ76.3.I5
  • Source: Ebook Central Academic Complete
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