TY - BOOK AU - Boellstorff,Tom TI - The Gay Archipelago: Sexuality and Nation in Indonesia SN - 9781400844050 AV - HQ76.3.I5 B64 2005 U1 - 306.76/6/09598306.76609598 PY - 2005/// CY - Princeton PB - Princeton University Press KW - Gay men KW - Indonesia KW - Identity KW - Lesbians KW - Social conditions KW - Gender identity KW - Homosexuality KW - Political aspects KW - Homosexuels masculins KW - Indonésie KW - Identité KW - Lesbiennes KW - Conditions sociales KW - Identité sexuelle KW - Homosexualité KW - Aspect politique KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Public Policy KW - Cultural Policy KW - bisacsh KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Anthropology KW - Cultural KW - Popular Culture KW - Gay Studies KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-265) and index; Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Note on Indonesian Terms and Italicization; PART ONE The Indonesian Subject; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; CHAPTER TWO: Historical Temptations; CHAPTER THREE: Dubbing Culture; PART TWO Opening to Gay and Lesbi Worlds; CHAPTER FOUR: Islands of Desire; CHAPTER FIVE: Geographies of Belonging; CHAPTER SIX: Practices of Self, Tests of Faith; PART THREE Sexuality and Nation; CHAPTER SEVEN: The Postcolonial State and Gay and Lesbi Subjectivities; CHAPTER EIGHT: The Gay Archipelago; Notes; Works Cited; Index N2 - The Gay Archipelago is the first book-length exploration of the lives of gay men in Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous nation and home to more Muslims than any other country. Based on a range of field methods, it explores how Indonesian gay and lesbian identities are shaped by nationalism and globalization. Yet the case of gay and lesbian Indonesians also compels us to ask more fundamental questions about how we decide when two things are ""the same"" or ""different."" The book thus examines the possibilities of an ""archipelagic"" perspective on sameness and difference.