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001 2014032422
003 DLC
005 20150827110148.0
008 140812s2015 enk b 001 0 eng c
010 $a 2014032422
020 $a9781845195502 (hb : alk. paper)
040 $aNIC/DLC$beng$cNIC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aHQ1752$b.W538 2015
082 00 $a305.48/8095$223
100 1 $aWieringa, Saskia,$d1950- ,$eauthor.
245 10 $aHeteronormativity, passionate aesthetics and symbolic subversion in Asia /$cSaskia E. Wieringa.
264 1 $aBrighton ;$aChicago ;$aToronto :$bSussex Academic Press,$c[2015]
300 $axiii, 275 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 254-270) and index.
505 0 $aResearching heteronormativity -- Sexual politics, heteronormativity, passionate aesthetics and symbolic violence -- God's creatures: the public arena of sex -- (De)constructing happy Asian families -- Naturalizing heterosexuality and symbolic violence -- Something divine: a satisfying sex life? -- Entertainers and soft butches: identities and subjectivities -- This crazy energy: symbolic subversion -- A house of my own: strategies for the future -- The sliding scales of heteronormativity and symbolic subversion.
520 $a"This book examines life trajectories among three categories of women living beyond the bounds of heteronormativity in Jakarta and Delhi, two major cities with substantively different religious and social values: women who have lost their husbands, either through divorce or death; sex workers; and young, urban lesbians. The Indian state is constitutionally committed to secularism and equal respect to all regions despite right-wing Hindu fundamentalism.The Indonesian state is constitutionally secular, but religion plays a large role in public life and is embedded in regulations that strongly impact people's private lives. Recently, there have been strong political currents to impose stricter Islamic codes. The public arena of sexual politics, in which the media play an important role, is explored in both cities"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aMinority women$zIndonesia.
650 0 $aMinority women$zIndia.
650 0 $aSex$xPolitical aspects$zIndonesia.
650 0 $aSex$xPolitical aspects$zIndia.