GSWS 096 Lecture 17: GSWS 096 - Lecture 17, Introduction_ Points of Departure” + “Conclusion_ Locating the Diasporic Diva
21 Dec 2018
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Martin manalansan, global divas (2003) introduction: points of departure + conclusion: Importance of narrative and sense of place: an ethnographic case study of how processes of globalization and transnationalism are negotiated through the processes of identity formation and everyday life of filipino gay immigrants in new york city (9) Participant observation, native informant global lgbt culture: pride without borders : what is mobility: experience of diaspora and migration (v. global, v. cosmopolitan, accounting for the specificity of queer filipino migration: creating and refiguring home; resisting. Global and local (adrienne rich on the politics of location ) Critique of us queer culture as modern endpoint of history assimilation; performance; everyday life; theater; religion; family; class; race. Martin manalansan = anthropologist who works predominantly on gay filipino men. The book is an ethnography of filipino immigrants in the us. Has lgbt rights/ politics/ experiments in a broader context. Question about how to think of the lgbt community in a global framework.
