Queering Migrations Towards, From, and Beyond Asia

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Hugo Córdova Quero, Joseph N. Goh, Michael Sepidoza Campos

      Pages 1-18

3. Towards Asia

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19

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   2. Should I Stay or Should I Go? Racial Sexual Preferences and Migration in Japan

      • Jamie Paquin

      Pages 21-39

   3. Made in Brazil? Sexuality, Intimacy, and Identity Formation among Japanese Brazilian Queer Immigrants in Japan

      • Hugo Córdova Quero

      Pages 41-59

   4. Desire, Nation, and Faith: A Roundtable among Emerging Queer Asian/Pacific Islander Religion Scholars

      • Michael Sepidoza Campos, Hugo Córdova Quero, Joseph N. Goh, Elizabeth Leung, Miak Siew, Lai Shan Yip

      Pages 61-74

4. From and Around Asia

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75

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   2. In Search of Dreams: Narratives of Japanese Gay Men on Migration to the United States

      • Kunisuke Hirano

      Pages 77-97

   3. Queer Imaginings and Traveling of “Family” Across Asia

      • Romit Dasgupta

      Pages 99-121

   4. Transgressive Empowerment: Queering the Spiritualities of the Mak Nyahs of PT Foundation

      • Joseph N. Goh

      Pages 123-137

5. Being and Believing: Asian Diaspora

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139

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   2. Bring Your Own Pink Rice Cooker: Portability of the Queer API Experience

      • Jonipher Kwong

      Pages 141-156

   3. Straddling California and Manila in the Bathhouse: A Queer Ethnography of a Filipino American Baklâ Healthworker

      • Michael Sepidoza Campos

      Pages 157-188

   4. Sexy Cool Asians from Brazil: A Study of Second-Generation Japanese Brazilian Gay Men in Brazil

      • Fábio Ricardo Ribeira

      Pages 189-207

6. Back Matter

   Pages 209-242

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The book explores migration and queerness as they relate to ethnic/racial identity constructions, immigration processes and legal status, the formation of trans/national and trans/cultural partnerships, and friendships. It explores the roles that religious identities/values/worldviews play in the fortification/critique of queer migrant identities.

• Queer migrations
• Asian migrations
• Transnational migrations
• queer migrants
• Ethnic Studies
• Postcolonial Theory
• Queer Theory
• Filipino-American Studies
• Theology
• Liberation Theology
• Religious Studies
• Brazil
• construction
• critique
• experience
• foundation
• health
• identity
• Japan
• migrant
• religion and society

“This collection is a sample of the intersection of the unstable nature of language, the fluidity of human experience, and conditioning effects of sociocultural contexts that contribute to a richer understanding of human sexuality. The book as a whole and each article specifically amount to an interrogation of socionormative heterosexual and patriarchal relations.” (Néstor Medina, Theology & Sexuality, Vol. 21 (2), 2016)

"This volume offers inspiring and insightful essays from emerging scholars who explore the intersection of ethnicity, migration, sexual desire, practice, and religion. You will find most valuable contributions to the fields of queer studies and migration studies that expand the vision in both fields." - Andrea Bieler, Professor, Practical Theology, Kirchliche Hochschule Wuppertal/Bethel, Germany

Hugo Córdova Queroholds, Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, USA Romit Dasgupta, University of Western Australia Joseph N. Goh, Monash University, Malaysia Kunisuke Hirano, University of Virginia, USA The Rev. Dr Jonipher K?pono Kwong, Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) The Rev. Elizabeth Leung, Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley, California, USA Jamie Paquin, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan Fabio Ricardo Ribeira, Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil Michael Sepidoza Campos, Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, USA Miak Siew, Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley, California, USA Lai Shan Yip, Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley, California, USA

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