Queer Singapore

Queer SingaporeSingapore remains one of the few countries in Asia that has yet to decriminalize homosexuality. Yet it has also been hailed by many as one of the emerging gay capitals of Asia. This book accounts for the rise of mediated queer cultures in Singapore's current milieu of illiberal citizenship. This collection analyses how contemporary queer Singapore has emerged against a contradictory backdrop of sexual repression and cultural liberalisation. Using the

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Analyzes the effects of new technologies on human rights

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Indian studies

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from across the sweep of European and North American prehistory and history

Analyzes long-term interest group/party alliances

Analyses the different ways in which historians over the last three centuries have tried to explain the causes