Lek, Andrew and Obendorf, Simon (2004) Contentment or containment? Consumption and the lesbian and gay community in Singapore. James Gomez News .
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Abstract
This article explores how gay men and lesbians in Singapore appear content to prioritise availability of consumer goods and services, lifestyle comfort and the availability of artistic representations over civil and political rights and social/political change. Contentment here acts as a powerful strategy of political and social containment of gays and lesbians who continue exist under the shadow of governmental erasure, censorship and oppression.
| Additional Information: | This article explores how gay men and lesbians in Singapore appear content to prioritise availability of consumer goods and services, lifestyle comfort and the availability of artistic representations over civil and political rights and social/political change. Contentment here acts as a powerful strategy of political and social containment of gays and lesbians who continue exist under the shadow of governmental erasure, censorship and oppression. |
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| Keywords: | Singapore, homosexuality, consumption, gay, lesbian, politics, Singapore studies, bmjexpired |
| Subjects: | L Social studies > L243 Politics of a specific country/region L Social studies > L200 Politics L Social studies > L100 Economics L Social studies > L712 Human and Social Geography of Asia L Social studies > L320 Gender studies |
| Divisions: | College of Social Science > School of Social & Political Sciences |
| ID Code: | 3539 |
| Deposited On: | 24 Oct 2010 20:25 |
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