Virtual Activism
Sexuality, the Internet, and a Social Movement in Singapore
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2020
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-0745-9 (ISBN)
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
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This book provides the first detailed, yet accessible, ethnographic case study looking at changes in LGBT activism in Singapore.
In Virtual Activism: Sexuality, the Internet, and a Social Movement in Singapore, cultural anthropologist Robert Phillips provides a detailed, yet accessible, ethnographic case study that looks at the changes in LGBT activism in Singapore in the period 1993-2019. Based on extensive fieldwork conducted with activist organizations and individuals, Phillips illustrates key theoretical ideas – including illiberal pragmatics and neoliberal homonormativity – that, in combination with the introduction of the Internet, have shaped the manner by which LGBT Singaporeans are framing and subsequently claiming rights.
Phillips argues that the activism engaged in by LGBT Singaporeans for governmental and societal recognition is in many respects virtual. His analysis documents how the actions of activists have resulted in some noteworthy changes in the lives of LGBT Singaporeans, but nothing as grand as some would have hoped, thus indexing the "not quite" aspect of the virtual. Yet, Virtual Activism also demonstrates how these actions have encouraged LGBT Singaporeans to fight even harder for their rights, signalling the "possibilities" that the virtual holds.
In Virtual Activism: Sexuality, the Internet, and a Social Movement in Singapore, cultural anthropologist Robert Phillips provides a detailed, yet accessible, ethnographic case study that looks at the changes in LGBT activism in Singapore in the period 1993-2019. Based on extensive fieldwork conducted with activist organizations and individuals, Phillips illustrates key theoretical ideas – including illiberal pragmatics and neoliberal homonormativity – that, in combination with the introduction of the Internet, have shaped the manner by which LGBT Singaporeans are framing and subsequently claiming rights.
Phillips argues that the activism engaged in by LGBT Singaporeans for governmental and societal recognition is in many respects virtual. His analysis documents how the actions of activists have resulted in some noteworthy changes in the lives of LGBT Singaporeans, but nothing as grand as some would have hoped, thus indexing the "not quite" aspect of the virtual. Yet, Virtual Activism also demonstrates how these actions have encouraged LGBT Singaporeans to fight even harder for their rights, signalling the "possibilities" that the virtual holds.
Robert Phillips is an assistant professor of anthropology at Ball State University.
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
Note on Terminology
1. Little Earthquakes
2. The “Spectral Homosexual” and the Singaporean Media
3. Reimagining of the Nation, Online
4. The Internet and A New Public Sphere
5. Pushing the Boundaries in the Physical World
6. The Illiberal Pragmatics of Activism
7. Epilogue
Appendix 1 Timeline of Events
Appendix 2 Updates on Activists
Notes
References
Acknowledgments
Erscheinungsdatum | 18.08.2021 |
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Reihe/Serie | Anthropological Horizons |
Zusatzinfo | 7 colour illustrations, 1 b&w map |
Verlagsort | Toronto |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 159 x 235 mm |
Gewicht | 390 g |
Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4875-0745-3 / 1487507453 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4875-0745-9 / 9781487507459 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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