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001 13553439
005 20181218122208.0
008 180928s2017 gw ac 000 0 eng d
019 $a989025105
020 $a9783958293120$q(hardcover)
020 $a3958293123$q(hardcover)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn994238886
035 $a(OCoLC)994238886$z(OCoLC)989025105
035 $a(NNC)13553439
040 $aERASA$beng$erda$cERASA$dYDX$dOCLCQ$dYDX$dJPG
043 $aa-si---
050 4 $aTR681.H65$bL56 2017
082 04 $a779.2092$223
100 1 $aLim, Broy,$eauthor,$ephotographer.
245 10 $aAnd now they know /$cphotos and texts, Broy Lim.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aGöttingen, Germany :$bSteidl,$c2017.
300 $a80 unnumbered pages :$bcolor illustrations, portraits ;$c31 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
336 $astill image$bsti$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 8 $aThis intimate book explores Broy Lim's realization of his homosexuality in his hometown of Singapore, where it still remains illegal. Combining personal texts and photos, and now they know narrates Lim's sexual identity and his nine-year relationship with his partner, while also representing the broader struggle of many youths who navigate their sense of self in conservative heteronormative societies. Lim begins the book with handwritten texts that establish his confessional tone: "My truth has always been an untouchable, unspeakable illusion / I want to be unlimited too? I want to ascend to your paradise, to escape this inferno". Such thoughts reoccur and give autobiographic nuance to his suggestive, hushed photos which include self-portraits, still lifes and landscapes. This lyrical interplay between text and image captures a sense of the often unspoken norms which Lim has overcome and his "open secret" that for many years even his family could only speculate on.
600 10 $aLim, Broy.
650 0 $aGay men$vPortraits.
650 0 $aGays$zSingapore$vPictorial works.
650 0 $aHomosexuality$zSingapore$vPictorial works.
650 0 $aPhotography, Artistic.
852 00 $bfaxlc$hTR681.H65$iL56 2017g