Geisha of a different kind : race and sexuality in gaysian America / C. Winter Han.

By:

Han, C. Winter, 1968- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Intersections (London, England)Publisher: London [England] ; New York, New York : New York University Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (252 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781479824700
1479824704
9781479855209
1479855200

Subject(s): Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Geisha of a different kind.DDC classification:

306.76089/95073 23

LOC classification:

HQ76.2.U5 H36 2015eb

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Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Geisha of a Different Kind; 1. Being an Oriental, I Could Never Be Completely a Man: Gendering Asian Men; 2. Sexy Like a Girl and Horny Like a Boy: Contemporary Gay "Western" Narratives about Gay "Asian" Men; 3. It's Like They Don't See Us at All: Race and Racism in Gay America; 4. Asian Girls Are Prettier: How Drag Queens Saved Us; 5. Finding Home in Gaysian America: Constructing Gay Asian Male Identities; Conclusion: Who Gets to Be Gay, Who Gets to Be Asian?; Notes; References; Index; About the Author.

Summary: "Geisha of a Different Kind bravely engages with the struggles and triumphs of Asian American gay men as they inhabit American society and its gay mainstream. A lucid study with anunflinching focus on the daily contingencies of these men's lives, this book isan important contribution to the scholarly understanding of contemporary U.S.sex/gender systems and their fraught links to racial formations."--Martin F. Manalansan IV, author of Global Divas: Filipino Gay Men in the Diaspora.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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"Geisha of a Different Kind bravely engages with the struggles and triumphs of Asian American gay men as they inhabit American society and its gay mainstream. A lucid study with anunflinching focus on the daily contingencies of these men's lives, this book isan important contribution to the scholarly understanding of contemporary U.S.sex/gender systems and their fraught links to racial formations."--Martin F. Manalansan IV, author of Global Divas: Filipino Gay Men in the Diaspora.