Title:
The pink line : journeys across the world's queer frontiers
Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Date:
2020
Publication Information:
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020.
©2020
Physical Description:
xv, 525 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780374279967
Abstract:
While same-sex marriage and gender transition are celebrated in some parts of the world, laws are being strengthened to criminalize homosexuality and gender nonconformity in others. As new globalized queer identities are adopted by people across the world thanks to the digital revolution, fresh culture wars have emerged. Gevisser explores identity politics, religion, gender ideology, capitalism, human rights, moral panics, geopolitics, and what he calls 'the new transgender culture wars.'
Contents:
A debt to love -- The world's pink lines -- Aunty's story: Chimbalanga Village--Blantyre--Cape Town -- A new global culture wars? -- Michael's story: Mbarara--Kampala--Nairobi--Vancouver -- The pink line through time and space -- Amira and Maha's story: Cairo--Istanbul--Amsterdam -- Pink folk-devils -- Pasha's story: Lyubertsy--Moscow -- Gender-theory panic -- Zaira and Martha's story: Guadalajara -- Pink dollars, global gay -- Fadi and Nadav's story: I'Billin--Tel Aviv--Jaffa (and Ramallah) -- The transgender culture wars -- The riot youth stories: Ann Arbor and beyond -- The new pink line: gender identity -- The Kothi stories: Devanampattinam--Cuddalor--Pondicherry -- On it getting better.
Language:
English
