Stand Up for Singapore?: National Belonging Among Gay Men in the Lion City

ISBN-13: 9781032034379 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 122 str.

Chris K. K. Tan

Opis

This book details queer Singaporeans’ efforts in fashioning their sense of national belonging and highlights how the Singaporean state could have better incorporated its diverse population into its nation-building framework.

Spis treści

1: "We, the Citizens of Singapore …"  2: A Brief History of Nation-Building  3: State Ideals of Citizenship  4: Going to the National Day Parade  5: "Both Contagion and Cure," Or, How the State Incorporates Queers  6: A "Great Affective Divide"  7: Being Good at Being a Singaporean Man  8: Conclusion, Or, This is Home … Truly?

O autorze

Chris K. K. Tan is Associate Professor at Nanjing University, China. His current research focuses on how affect intersects with communicative technologies in China. He previously published in such journals as Information, Communication & Society, Journal of Consumer Culture, and Urban Studies.