Impossible Desires Queer Diasporas and South Asian Public Cultures

Name: Impossible Desires Queer Diasporas and South Asian Public Cultures
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ISBN: 9780822335139

ISBN-10: 0822335131

ISBN-13: 9780822335139

Edition: 2005

Authors: Gayatri Gopinath, Judith Halberstam, Lisa Lowe

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'Impossible Desires' argues for the uses of queer, feminist transnational theory in order to understand South Asian diasporic identities & cultural production.

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 4/19/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 6.12" wide x 8.88" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Acknowledgments



Impossible Desires: An Introduction



Communities of Sound: Queering South Asian Popular Music in the Diaspora



Surviving Naipaul: Housing Masculinity in A House for Mr. Biswas, Surviving Sabu, and East Is East



Bollywood/Hollywood: Queer Cinematic Representation and the Perils of Translation



Local Sites/Global Contexts: The Transnational Trajectories of Fire and "The Quilt"



Nostalgia, Desire, and Diaspora: Funny Boy and Cereus Blooms at Night



Epilogue: Queer Homes in Diaspora


Notes


Bibliography


Filmography


Index