Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
David A. B. Murray is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Graduate Program in Women’s Studies at York University in Toronto. He is the author of Opacity: Gender, Sexuality, Race, and the “Problem” of Identity in Martinique.
“<i>Homophobias</i> provides a much-needed perspective for bringin the reader to a more objective understanding of the mechanics of GLBT hatred and rhetoric in other times and places.” - Brian Stachowiak,<i> The Gay and Lesbian Review/Worldwide</i>
“A major strength of this anthology is its attention to the roles of both colonialism (as a precedent of contemporary globalizing processes) and contemporary political, economic, and social changes on the development of attitudes toward sexuality and gender in postcolonial contexts.” - Amy L. Brandzel and Jara M. Carrington,<i> Journal of Anthropological Research</i>
“[A] splendid collection of essays. . . . This book is a must for anyone interested in anthropological fieldwork methods as well as theories of homosexuality.” - Kathleen Richardson, <i>Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute</i>
“The essays bring careful attention to the conceptual pitfalls of typical understandings of homophobia and look instead for the complex cultural logics and constellation of social, political, and economic factors that undergird antihomosexual expressions. Ultimately, <i>Homophobias</i> invites us to rethink what we mean by ‘homophobia’ and to think more complexly about the particular, changing sources and meanings of antihomosexual phenomena.” - Karl Bryant, <i>GLQ</i>
“<i>Homophobias</i> is a well-edited collection of how homophobia is captured across cultures, time, and space. It also questions how homophobia—an exclusive prejudice against homosexuals—can exist as a universal form of discrimination, and how that discrimination can exist in various forms from political emasculation to violent attacks. <i>Homophobias</i> serves as an important collection of works with which to move past preconceived ideas of what one thinks constitutes homophobia.” - Olupero R. Aiyenimelo, <i>Feminist Review</i> blog
“<i>Homophobias</i> is a well-edited collection of how homophobia is captured across cultures, time, and space. It also questions how homophobia—an exclusive prejudice against homosexuals—can exist as a universal form of discrimination, and how that discrimination can exist in various forms from political emasculation to violent attacks. <i>Homophobias</i> serves as an important collection of works with which to move past preconceived ideas of what one thinks constitutes homophobia.”
- Olupero R. Aiyenimelo, Feminist Review blog
“[A] splendid collection of essays. . . . This book is a must for anyone interested in anthropological fieldwork methods as well as theories of homosexuality.”
- Kathleen Richardson, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
“A major strength of this anthology is its attention to the roles of both colonialism (as a precedent of contemporary globalizing processes) and contemporary political, economic, and social changes on the development of attitudes toward sexuality and gender in postcolonial contexts.”
- Amy L. Brandzel and Jara M. Carrington, Journal of Anthropological Research
“The essays bring careful attention to the conceptual pitfalls of typical understandings of homophobia and look instead for the complex cultural logics and constellation of social, political, and economic factors that undergird antihomosexual expressions. Ultimately, <i>Homophobias</i> invites us to rethink what we mean by ‘homophobia’ and to think more complexly about the particular, changing sources and meanings of antihomosexual phenomena.”
- Karl Bryant, GLQ
The contributors to this volume open up the scope of inquiry into processes of homophobia, moving the analysis of a particular form of “hate” into new, wider sociocultural and political fields. The ongoing production of homophobic discourses is carefully analyzed in diverse sites including New York City, Australia, the Caribbean, Greece, India, and Indonesia, as well as American Christian churches, in order to uncover the complex operational processes of homophobias and their intimate relationships to nationalism, sexism, racism, class, and colonialism. The contributors also critically inquire into the limitations of the term homophobia and interrogate its utility as a cross-cultural designation.
Contributors. Steven Angelides, Tom Boellstorff, Lawrence Cohen, Don Kulick, Suzanne LaFont, Martin F. Manalansan IV, David A. B. Murray, Brian Riedel, Constance R. Sullivan-Blum
Introduction / David A. B. Murray 1
Part One. Displacing Homophobia
1. Can There Be an Anthropology of Homophobia? / Don Kulick 19
2. Homophobia at New York's Gay Central / Martin F. Manalansan IV 34
3. "It's Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve" / Constance R. Sullivan Blum 48
4. The Homosexualization of Pedophilia / Steven Angelides 64
5. Stolen Kisses / Brian Riedel 82
Part Two. Transnational Homophobia
6. Not Quite Redemption Song / Suzanne LaFont 105
7. The Emergence of Political Homophobia in Indonesia / Tom Boellstorff 123
8. Homo Hauntings / David A. B. Murray 146
9. Lucknow Noir / Lawrence Cohen 162
Epilogue: What Is to Be (Un)Done? / David A. B. Murray 185
Bibliography 193
Contributors 221
Index 223
Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
David A. B. Murray is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Graduate Program in Women’s Studies at York University in Toronto. He is the author of Opacity: Gender, Sexuality, Race, and the “Problem” of Identity in Martinique.