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Book SynopsisWhat is it about "the homosexual" that incites vitriolic rhetoric and/or violence around the world? How and why do some people hate queers? Does homophobia operate differently across social, political, and economic terrains? This volume addresses these questions through critical interrogations of sites where homophobic discourses are produced.
Trade Review“
Homophobias provides a much-needed perspective for bringin the reader to a more objective understanding of the mechanics of GLBT hatred and rhetoric in other times and places.” - Brian Stachowiak,
The Gay and Lesbian Review/Worldwide“A major strength of this anthology is its attention to the roles of both colonialism (as a precedent of contemporary globalizing processes) and contemporary political, economic, and social changes on the development of attitudes toward sexuality and gender in postcolonial contexts.” - Amy L. Brandzel and Jara M. Carrington,
Journal of Anthropological Research“[A] splendid collection of essays. . . . This book is a must for anyone interested in anthropological fieldwork methods as well as theories of homosexuality.” - Kathleen Richardson,
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute“The essays bring careful attention to the conceptual pitfalls of typical understandings of homophobia and look instead for the complex cultural logics and constellation of social, political, and economic factors that undergird antihomosexual expressions. Ultimately,
Homophobias invites us to rethink what we mean by ‘homophobia’ and to think more complexly about the particular, changing sources and meanings of antihomosexual phenomena.” - Karl Bryant,
GLQ“
Homophobias is a well-edited collection of how homophobia is captured across cultures, time, and space. It also questions how homophobia—an exclusive prejudice against homosexuals—can exist as a universal form of discrimination, and how that discrimination can exist in various forms from political emasculation to violent attacks.
Homophobias serves as an important collection of works with which to move past preconceived ideas of what one thinks constitutes homophobia.” - Olupero R. Aiyenimelo,
Feminist Review blog
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Homophobias is a well-edited collection of how homophobia is captured across cultures, time, and space. It also questions how homophobia—an exclusive prejudice against homosexuals—can exist as a universal form of discrimination, and how that discrimination can exist in various forms from political emasculation to violent attacks.
Homophobias serves as an important collection of works with which to move past preconceived ideas of what one thinks constitutes homophobia.” -- Olupero R. Aiyenimelo * Feminist Review blog *
“[A] splendid collection of essays. . . . This book is a must for anyone interested in anthropological fieldwork methods as well as theories of homosexuality.” -- Kathleen Richardson * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *
“A major strength of this anthology is its attention to the roles of both colonialism (as a precedent of contemporary globalizing processes) and contemporary political, economic, and social changes on the development of attitudes toward sexuality and gender in postcolonial contexts.” -- Amy L. Brandzel and Jara M. Carrington * Journal of Anthropological Research *
“The essays bring careful attention to the conceptual pitfalls of typical understandings of homophobia and look instead for the complex cultural logics and constellation of social, political, and economic factors that undergird antihomosexual expressions. Ultimately,
Homophobias invites us to rethink what we mean by ‘homophobia’ and to think more complexly about the particular, changing sources and meanings of antihomosexual phenomena.” -- Karl Bryant * GLQ *
Table of ContentsPreface vii
Introduction / David A. B. Murray 1
Part One. Displacing Homophobia
1. Can There Be an Anthropology of Homophobia? / Don Kulick 19
2. Homophobia at New York's Gay Central / Martin F. Manalansan IV 34
3. "It's Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve" / Constance R. Sullivan Blum 48
4. The Homosexualization of Pedophilia / Steven Angelides 64
5. Stolen Kisses / Brian Riedel 82
Part Two. Transnational Homophobia
6. Not Quite Redemption Song / Suzanne LaFont 105
7. The Emergence of Political Homophobia in Indonesia / Tom Boellstorff 123
8. Homo Hauntings / David A. B. Murray 146
9. Lucknow Noir / Lawrence Cohen 162
Epilogue: What Is to Be (Un)Done? / David A. B. Murray 185
Bibliography 193
Contributors 221
Index 223
