ISBN:
0822386534
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0822335018
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0822335131
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9780822386537
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9780822335016
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9780822335139
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 247 p)
,
ill., ports
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Perverse modernities
Parallel Title:
Print version Impossible Desires : Queer Diasporas and South Asian Public Cultures
DDC:
306.76/6/089914
Keywords:
Homosexuality in literature
;
Homosexuality in music
;
South Asians in mass media
;
Gays in popular culture
;
South Asians in literature
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Homosexuality in motion pictures
;
South Asians Social conditions
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Argues for the uses of queer, feminist transnational theory in order to understanding South Asian and South Asian diasporic identities and cultural production
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Impossible Desires: An Introduction; 2. Communities of Sound: Queering South Asian Popular Music in the Diaspora; 3. Surviving Naipaul: Housing Masculinity in ""A House for Mr. Biswas, Surviving Sabu"", and ""East Is East""; 4. Bollywood/Hollywood: Queer Cinematic Representation and the Perils of Translation; 5. Local Sites/Global Contexts: The Transnational Trajectories of ""Fire"" and ""The Quilt""; 6. Nostalgia, Desire, Diaspora: ""Funny Boy"" and ""Cereus Blooks at Night""; 7. Epilogue: Queer Homes in Diaspora; Notes; Bibliography; Filmography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-233) and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822386537?locatt=mode:legacy
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780822386537
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