Imagining Gay Paradise: Bali, Bangkok, and Cyber-Singapore

by Gary Atkins

Book Overview

The book depicts gay paradises in Southeast Asia and the men who created them. It studies the obstacles gay men have faced in securing a voice as citizens, and how they used images of paradise in Bali, Bangkok, and Singapore to create a sense of refuge, construct homes for themselves, and dissent from typical notions of manhood and masculinity. For gender studies and Southeast Asian studies, it provides a "queer reading" of Walter Spies, a gay German...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9888083244
• ISBN13: 9789888083244
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher