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OverviewDrawing on ethnographic encounters with self-identified gay men in Iran, this book explores the construction, enactment, and veiling and unveiling of gay identity and same-sex desire in the capital city of Tehran. The research draws on diverse interpretive, historical, online and empirical sources in order to present critical and nuanced insights into the politics of recognition and representation and the constitution of same-sex desire under the specific conditions of Iranian modernity. As it engages with accounts of the persecuted Iranian gay male subject as a victim of the barbarism of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the book addresses interpretive questions of sexuality governance in transnational contexts and attends to issues of human rights frameworks in weighing social justice and political claims made by and on behalf of sexual and gender minorities. The book thus combines empirical data with a critical consideration of the politics of same-sex desire for Iranian gay men. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jón Ingvar KjaranPublisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Edition: 1st ed. 2019 Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9783030128333ISBN 10: 3030128334 Pages: 233 Publication Date: 08 August 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. Reading Foucault in Tehran.- 3. The Historical Contingencies and the Politics of Same-Sex Desire in Iran.- 4. The Construction of the Iranian Gay Subject Outside of Iran.- 5. Ethical Relationality and Accounts of Gay Iranian Men.- 6. Iranian Gay/Queer Activists and Activism.- 7. The “Sick Gay”: Being HIV-positive in Iran.- 8. Gay/Queer Spaces in Tehran: Intimacy, Sociality, and Resistance.- 9. Conclusion: Gay Livability in a Queer DystopiaReviewsAuthor InformationJón Ingvar Kjaran is Associate Professor in the School of Education at the University of Iceland and a senior researcher at the UNU GEST (United Nations University Gender Equality Studies and Training Programme). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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