Gay Life Stories: Same-Sex Desires in Post-Revolutionary Iran

By Jon Ingvar Kjaran

Book Overview

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Reading Foucault in Tehran

Chapter 3: The historical contingencies and the politics of same-sex desire in Iran

Chapter 4: The construction of the Iranian gay subject outside of Iran

Chapter 5: Ethical Relationality and accounts of gay Iranian men

Chapter 6: Iranian gay/queer activists and activism

Chapter 7: The "sick gay" Being HIV-positive in Iran

Chapter 8: Gay/Queer Spaces in Tehran: Intimacy, Sociality, and Resistance

Chapter 9: Conclusion: Gay Livability in a Queer "Dystopia"

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030128334
• ISBN13: 9783030128333
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"