{"product_id":"global-divas-9780822332176","title":"Global Divas","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresents an ethnography of Filipino gay men in New York that explores their sexual and national identities. This book challenges beliefs about the progressive development of a gay world and the eventual assimilation of all queer folks into gay modernity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A lively ethnography that brilliantly reveals how Filipino gay immigrants manipulate symbols and meanings in order to survive and even flourish within the racial, ethnic, class, and gendered spaces of America and a globalizing world. \u003ci\u003eGlobal Divas\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read for all those interested in the intersections of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and immigration status.”—Yen Le Espiritu, author of \u003ci\u003eHome Bound: Filipino American Lives across Cultures, Communities, and Countries\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Global Divas \u003c\/i\u003epoints toward a truly cross-cultural anthropology of queerness in rendering the lives of Filipino gay men in New York. Martin F. Manalansan IV breaks through mainstream ignorance and stereotyping to achieve a rich portrait of the rituals, attitudes, language, and travails of his immigrant subjects and by extension, of queer immigrant experience in general.”—Esther Newton, author of \u003ci\u003eMargaret Mead Made Me Gay: Personal Essays, Public Ideas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface vii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Points of Departure 1\u003cbr\u003e 1 The Borders Between Bakla and Gay 21\u003cbr\u003e 2 Speaking in Transit: Queer Language and Translated Lives 45\u003cbr\u003e 3 \"Out There\": The Topography of Race and Desire in the Global City 62\u003cbr\u003e 4 The Biyuti and Drama of everyday Life 89\u003cbr\u003e 5 \"To Play with the World\": The Pageantry of Identities 126\u003cbr\u003e 6 Tita Aida: Intimate Geographies of Suffering 152\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Locating the Diasporic Deviant\/Diva 184\u003cbr\u003e Notes 193\u003cbr\u003e An Elusive Glossary 199\u003cbr\u003e Works Cited 205\u003cbr\u003e Index 219","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406033789271,"sku":"9780822332176","price":22.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822332176.jpg?v=1730494314","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/global-divas-9780822332176","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}