Pakistan desires: queer futures elsewhere
"Pakistan Desires gathers essays on the complex landscape of queer desire in Pakistan, but also on how Pakistan itself desires and is formed by desire. It is by extension a critical discussion of how desire is tied to ideation of place and nation. Utilizing both queer history and queer theory,...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Durham London
Duke University Press
2023
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Volumes / Articles: | Show volumes/articles. |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Pakistan
/ Homosexuality
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Gender Identity Law and legislation (Pakistan) B SOCIAL SCIENCE / Generals / LGBTQ Studies B Gender Identity Religious aspects Islam B Human Rights Religious aspects Islam B Gender Identity (Pakistan) B Sexual minorities (Pakistan) B Sexual minority community (Pakistan) B Sex discrimination Law and legislation (Pakistan) B SOCIAL SCIENCE / Asian Studies / Ethnic Studies |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | "Pakistan Desires gathers essays on the complex landscape of queer desire in Pakistan, but also on how Pakistan itself desires and is formed by desire. It is by extension a critical discussion of how desire is tied to ideation of place and nation. Utilizing both queer history and queer theory, the volume demonstrates that thinking about is always also a thinking from, and by thinking from Pakistan, it moves past the (often implicit) Western European and North American center of queer and affect studies. Rather than saying simply that Pakistan, too, is queer, the contributors expand our understanding of Pakistan as a place by delving into its affective geopolitics, unfolding the pluralities of desire that form its history, and finding queerness in its everyday intricacies"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 274 Seiten, Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4780-2032-5 978-1-4780-2523-8 |
