Queer Asia: Decolonising and Reimagining Sexuality and Gender

by J. Daniel Luther (Editor), Jennifer Ung Loh (Editor)

Queer studies is now a rapidly expanding field, as scholars from a variety of disciplines seek to address the long-running marginalization of queer perspectives and experiences. But there has so far been little effort to unify the study of queer communities outside the West, and much of the current writing views these communities through a narrowly Western lens.

Building on the work of the annual Queer Asia conference, which the editors helped to establish, this collection represents the most comprehensive work to date on queer studies in an Asian context. Featuring case studies and original research from across the continent, covering the Middle East, South, and East Asia, and Asian diasporas, the collection offers a genuinely pan-Asian perspective which places queer Asian identities and movements in dialogue with each other, rather than within a Western framework.

By considering how queerness is imagined within plural Asian experiences and contexts, the contributors show a that re-envisioning of “queer” through Asian perspectives has the potential to challenge existing discourses and debates in the wider field of contemporary gender, sexuality, and queer studies. 

Genres: Nonfiction, Queer, LGBT, History, Asian Literature, Feminism, Asia

304 pages, Paperback

Published August 15, 2019

Reviews

[Cubierocks]

some faves:

"Rich in Desire" He Xiaopei

"The Isolated Queer Body: Harisu's Dodo Cosmetics Advertisements" Kate Korroch

"Feminist and Queer Perspectives in West Asia: Complicities and Tensions" Nadje Al-Ali and Ghiwa Sayegh

[jane · Rating 5 out of 5]

A compilation of academic essays and interviews from the queer asia conference. A huge step in decolonising queer knowledges and allowing for transnational conversation and discussion on what it means to be queer in Asia.

[Dave · Rating 4 out of 5]

really good collection of essays articles and interviews on "queer asia" "queer" and "asia(n/ness)"