Our city of colours: queer/Asian publics in transpacific Vancouver |
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| Authors: | Helen Hok-Sze Leung |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Gender, Sexuality &2. Women’s Studies, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada |
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| Abstract: | This article examines the contested relation between discourses of ethnic subjectivity and queer critique of homophobia and transphobia in Vancouver, a transpacific city in Canada that is being touted as “the most Asian city outside of Asia.” I analyse the perceived association of Chinese communities with moral conservatism and the concomitant existence of a vibrant queer Asian cultural scene in the city as a discursive clash between two cultural publics. I examine the underlying dynamics of their antagonism as well as their potential for mutual engagement. |
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| Keywords: | Queer Asian migration transpacific Vancouver |
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