Queer Asian Identities in Contemporary Aotearoa New Zealand

Sidney Gig-Jan Wong

Description

A Cantonese-Tauiwi queer man reflects on his lived experiences as a means to explore the intersection of Asian-ness and queerness in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Queer Asian communities in Aotearoa New Zealand can suffer erasure caused by the dominance of whiteness in queer spaces. Written as a deliberate challenge to this invisibility, author Sidney Gig-Jan Wong 黃吉贊 reflects on his life and upbringing in order to explore the intersections of his own identity and ongoing coming out experience, and also highlight the perspectives of a minoritized community.

Ideal reading for students of LGBTQIA+ studies and Asian studies, as well as anthropology and sociology, this book draws on queer theory and the author’s life in a way that personalises concepts and highlights the humanity in the social sciences.

Introduction
Chapter 1: to leave one’s homeland
Chapter 2: to lay roots in the soil
Chapter 3: to navigate the world alone
Chapter 4: to obtain enlightenment
Chapter 5: to obsess without reason
Chapter 6: to return to one’s roots
Chapter 7: to find comfort in a hopeless situation
Chapter 8: to sail against the tide
Chapter 9: to long for a memory
Chapter 10: to inherit the teachings of one’s forebears
Chapter 11: to love one’s imperfections
Chapter 12: to stand without faltering
Epilogue

Sujets

• LGBTQ+ Studies
• Asian Studies
• Ethnic Studies
• Social Science
• EDUCATION
• Sociologie, société et politique
• Nueva Zelanda
• Sociology
• New Zealand
• Higher
• Cantonese
• Level
• General officer
• Cultural studies
• School
• Human sexual activity
• Anthropology
• General
• Aotearoa
• Nouvelle-Zélande

Informations

• Publié par: Lived Places Publishing
• Date de parution: 22 août 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781915271495
• Langue: English

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