Queering Migrations Towards, From, and Beyond Asia

by Quero, Hugo Córdova; Goh, Joseph N.; Campos, Michael Sepidoza

• ISBN13: 9781137447722
• ISBN10: 1137447729
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-10-02
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Queering Migrations Towards, From, and Beyond Asia explores the intersection of migration and queerness as they relate to ethnic/racial identity constructions, immigration processes and legal status, the formation of trans/national or trans/cultural partnerships, and families and/or love-friendships. Woven into these narratives are explorations of the roles that religious identities, values, and world views play in the fortification/critique of queer migrant identities. These essays explore assumptions of hetero-normativities, gender role expectations, sexual identities, body configurations, and political practices utilized by individuals and group agency. Rather than considering "queer migrants" as a homogeneous population, this book hopes to expose the diversity of power relationalities, ideological or praxis divergences, and sexual particularities that contour the shape of twenty-first century migrant lives.

Author Biography

Hugo Córdova Quero holds a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies in Religion, Ethnicity and Migration from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA, USA. Currently he is Adjunct Faculty at Starr King School for the Ministry (SKSM) at the Graduate Theological Union, and Researcher at the Program on Multiculturalism, Migration, and Inequality in Latin America, Center for Advanced Studies at the National University of Cordoba (CEA-UNC), Argentina.

Joseph N. Goh is a doctoral candidate engaged in research on Gender, Sexuality and Theology with the School of Arts and Social Sciences, Monash University, Malaysia. He earned a Licentiate in Sacred Theology (STL) and a Master of Theology (ThM) with specialization in Systematic Theology from the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University in Berkeley, CA, USA.

Michael Sepidoza Campos holds a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA, USA. His areas of research interests include Filipino- American studies, postcolonial theory, queer theory, cultural studies and critical pedagogy. Campos also holds a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, MA, USA.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction: Trans/Pacific Affairs: Queer-Journeyers in Search of New Liaisons; Hugo Córdova Quero, Joseph N. Goh and Michael Sepidoza Campos
PART I: TOWARDS ASIA
1. Should I Stay or Should I Go? Sexual Preferences and Migration in Japan; Jamie Paquin
2. Made in Brazil? Sexuality, Intimacy, and Identity Formation among Japanese Brazilian Queer Immigrants in Japan; Hugo Córdova Quero
3. Desire, Nation and Faith: A Roundtable among Emerging Queer Asian/Pacific Islander Religion Scholars (EQARS); Hugo Córdova Quero, Joseph N. Goh, Elizabeth Leung, Michael Sepidoza Campos, Miak Siew, and Lai Shan Yip
PART II: FROM AND AROUND ASIA
4. In Search of Dreams: Narratives of Japanese Gay Men on Migration to the United States; Kunisuke Hirano
5. Queer Imaginings and Travelings of 'Family' Across Asia; Romit Dasgupta
6. Transgressive Empowerment: Queering the Spiritualities of the Mak Nyahs of PT Foundation; Joseph N. Goh
PART III: BEING AND BELIEVING: ASIAN DIASPORA
7. 'Bring Your Own Pink Rice Cooker': Portability of the Queer Asian and Pacific Islander (API) Experience; Jonipher Kwong
8. Straddling California and Manila in the Bathhouse: A Queer Ethnography of A Filipino-American Baklâ Healthworker; Michael Sepidoza Campos
9. Sexy Cool Asians From Brazil: A Study of Second-Generation Japanese-Brazilian Gay Men in Brazil; Fabio Ribeira
Notes on Contributors
Index of Names and Subjects