GAYSIA: ADVENTURES THROUGH QUEER ASIA
Book ID/图书代码： 01899510B42839
English Summary/英文概要： Gaysia examines what it’s like to be young and queer in the queerest region of the world. Because Asia is also home to the majority of the world’s population – over four billion people – it stands to reason that it’s also where most of the world’s gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people live. But in a region renegotiating its cultural and religious traditions alongside rapid-paced modernisation, life for its queer citizens ranges from celebratory and mundane, to risky and life threatening. Told in discrete but interlinking chapters, Benjamin investigates Asia’s queer subcultures by being too curious for his own good, asking uncomfortable questions, meeting interesting folks, and finding himself in ludicrous situations. It won’t all be hanging out backstage at the transgender Miss Tiffany’s Universe in Thailand – although that will happen.
Gaysia is an entertaining, humorous and accessible blend of new journalism, first-person adventure and travel reportage. From his unique insider–outsider perspective Benjamin scratches beneath the surface to unearth cultural and religious taboos as he asks readers to examine their own ideas of what human and civil rights mean in the 21st century.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 亚洲居住了世界上一大半人口，几乎超过四十亿，这也正好对应了一种现象，世界上绝大多数的男女同性恋、双性恋及变性人都居住在亚洲，另外还由于这一区域的特殊性，现代化的飞速发展所带来的文化及传统观念的转变，使得居民的主流意识从平淡保守转变为冒险和追求生活的刺激和新鲜感。
在形散而神不散的各章节中，本杰明仔细研究了亚洲奇怪的次文化。泰国人妖皇后选美会幕后在书中也占了一些篇幅。
本杰明，通过独特的内部透视兼外部观察，挖掘出隐藏在表层下面的深层文化和宗教禁忌，对读者的提问，其实是在探索人们对于21世纪人权的观点和看法。(兼职翻译FSF)
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About the Author/作者介绍： Benjamin Law is a Brisbane-based writer and journalist, and author of The Family Law. Since 2005, he has been a senior contributor to frankie magazine. His work has also been published in the Monthly, Sunday Life, the Big Issue, the Courier Mail, Growing Up Asian in Australia (ed. Alice Pung) and The Best Australian Essays 2008 and 2009. 本杰明.法是布里斯班的作家和记者，也是The Family Law的作者。从2005年起，成为弗兰基杂志的资深撰稿人。他的作品曾在《月刊》（Monthly）、《星期天生活周刊》（Sunday Life）、《大话题》（the Big Issue）、《信使邮报》（the Courier Mail）、澳大利亚《崛起的亚洲》（Growing Up Asian）以及《澳大利亚最佳评论》（The Best Australian Essays）等杂志上发表过。
Format:电子手稿
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