Homophobias: Lust and Loathing across Time and Space

Published by Duke University Press 2009

Homophobias

Lust and Loathing across Time and Space

Edited by: David A. B. Murray
With contributions by: Don Kulick , Martin F. Manalansan IV , Constance R. Sullivan-Blum and Steven Angelides

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https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822391395

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About this book

A collection that analyzes homophobic violence from an anthropological, cross-cultural perspective.

Author / Editor information

David A. B. Murray is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Graduate Program in Women’s Studies at York University in Toronto. He is the author of Opacity: Gender, Sexuality, Race, and the “Problem” of Identity in Martinique.

Reviews

“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

“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

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction David David A. B. Murray Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 Displacing Homophobia
1 Can There Be an Anthropology of Homophobia? Don Kulick Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
2 Homophobia at New York’s Gay Central Martin F. Manalansan iv Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
3 ‘‘It’s Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve’’ What’s at Stake in the Construction of Contemporary American Christian Homophobia Constance R. Sullivan-Blum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
4 The Homosexualization of Pedophilia 4 The Homosexualization of Pedophilia Steven Angelides Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
5 Stolen Kisses Homophobia as ‘‘Racism’’ in Contemporary Urban Greece Brian Riedel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	82
2 Transnational Homophobias
6 Not Quite Redemption Song LGBT-Hate in Jamaica Suzanne LaFont Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
7 The Emergence of Political Homophobia in Indonesia Masculinity and National Belonging Tom Boellstorff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
8 Homo Hauntings Spectral Sexuality and the Good Citizen in Barbadian Media David A. B. Murray Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	146
9 Lucknow Noir Lawrence Cohen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	162
Epilogue: What Is to Be (Un)Done? David A. B. Murray Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223

Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Pages
- Main content: 238
Illustrations
- Other: 3 illustrations

eBook

Published: December 23, 2009
ISBN: 9780822391395