Impossible Desires: Queer Diasporas and South Asian Public Cultures - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Gayatri GopinathSeries:Perverse Modernities: A Series Edited by Jack Halberstam andPublish date:2005-04-19Pages:264
Language:EnglishPublisher:Duke University PressISBN-13:9780822335139ISBN-10:822335131UPC:9780822335139Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:LGBTQ+ StudiesBook Topic:Gay Studies, Lesbian StudiesSize:8.88 x 6.36 x 0.63 inchesWeight:0.8311Product ID:SC2018D53J
Impossible Desires: Queer Diasporas and South Asian Public Cultures
By bringing queer theory to bear on ideas of diaspora, Gayatri Gopinath produces both a more compelling queer theory and a more nuanced understanding of diaspora. Focusing on queer female diasporic subjectivity, Gopinath develops a theory of diaspora apart from the logic of blood, authenticity, and patrilineal descent that she argues invariably forms the core of conventional formulations. She...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Duke University PressISBN-13:9780822335139ISBN-10:822335131UPC:9780822335139Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:LGBTQ+ StudiesBook Topic:Gay Studies, Lesbian StudiesSize:8.88 x 6.36 x 0.63 inchesWeight:0.8311Product ID:SC2018D53J
Gayatri Gopinath is Assistant Professor of Women and Gender Studies at the University of California, Davis.
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