Postcolonial and Queer Theories
Subtitle: Intersections and Essays (Contributions to the Study of World Literature)
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: February 28, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780313315916
Subjects: Gay & Lesbian studies; Literary studies: general; Literary theory; Homosexuality; Special Subjects In Literature; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Literature: Classics; Gay & Lesbian; Literary Criticism & Collections / General; Homosexuality and literature; Homosexuality in literature; Homosexuality in motion pictur; Homosexuality in motion pictures
First sentence: Over the past few years I have been involved in several debates about how best to understand the emergence of a western-style politicized homosexuality in Asia, and about the usefulness of the concepts of "gay" and "Asia" in these debates.