Martin F Manalansan

Global Divas

Filipino Gay Men in the Diaspora

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Produktbeschreibung

An ethnography of Filipino gay men in New York that explores their sexual and national identities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9780822332046
• ISBN-10: 0822332043
• Artikelnr.: 21939215

Autorenporträt

Martin F. Manalansan IV

Inhaltsangabe

Preface vii
Introduction: Points of Departure 1
1 The Borders Between Bakla and Gay 21
2 Speaking in Transit: Queer Language and Translated Lives 45
3 "Out There": The Topography of Race and Desire in the Global City 62
4 The Biyuti and Drama of everyday Life 89
5 "To Play with the World": The Pageantry of Identities 126
6 Tita Aida: Intimate Geographies of Suffering 152
Conclusion: Locating the Diasporic Deviant/Diva 184
Notes 193
An Elusive Glossary 199
Works Cited 205
Index 219