#references?

The lighting here reminds of...

Hey! Delighted to 😊

Ethnographies are generally more accessible than most academic writing because they often use narratives as a way to present their arguments, so I hope y’all can give them a try if they sound interesting to you. 

Please note that this list is not at all exhaustive, and some of them i haven’t read personally as they were recommended by my great bud from grad school who, unlike a certain someone who shall not be named, actually kept on doing research with lgbt people and did not turn on a dime to do something wildly different from their initial research proposal 😅....

Ethnographies:

Dave, Naisargi (2012) Queer Activism in India: A Story in the Anthropology of Ethics. Durham and London: Duke University Press.

Brainer, Amy (2019)  Queer Kinship and Family Change in Taiwan. Rutgers University Press

Manalansan, Martin F. (2003). Global Divas: Filipino Gay Men in the Diaspora. Duke University Press.

Murray, David. (2012). Flaming Souls: Homosexuality, Homophobia and Social Change in Barbados.

Howe, Cymene (2013)  Intimate Activism: The Struggle for Sexual Rights in Postrevolutionary Nicaragua.  Duke University Press

Stout, Noelle (2014)  After Love: Queer Intimacy and Erotic Economies in Post-Soviet Cuba. Duke University Press. 

Gaudio, R. (2009)  Allah made us: Sexual outlaws in an Islamic African city. Chichester, UK: Wiley Blackwell.

Allen, Jafari S. (2011)  ¡Venceremos?:The Erotics of Black Self-making in Cuba.  Duke University Press

Journal articles based on ethnographic work:

Hall, Kira (2005) Intertextual Sexuality : Parodies of Class, Identity, and Desire in Liminal Delhi. Journal of Linguistic Anthropology 15(1): 125–144.

Choy, Christine Hiu Ying (2018) Smartphone Apps as Cosituated Closets: A Lesbian App, Public/private Spaces, Mobile Intimacy, and Collapsing Contexts. Mobile Media and Communication 6(1): 88–107. [online ethnography, app used in HK]

Random Others:

Suzuki, Michiko (2010) Becoming Modern Women: Love & Female Identity in Prewar Japanese Literature & Culture.

Muñoz, José Esteban (2009)  Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity. New York University Press.

Driskill, Qwo-Li, Chris Finley, Brian Joseph Gilley, and Scott Lauria Morgensen, eds. (2011) Queer Indigenous Studies: Critical Intervention in Theory, Politics, and Literature. Tuscon: University of Arizona Press.

Millbank, Jenni (2009) From Discretion to Disbelief: Recent Trends in Refugee Determinations on the Basis of Sexual Orientation in Australia and the United Kingdom. The International Journal of Human Rights 13(2–3): 391–414.

For @threewinterssnow, who never asked, but I’m throwing it at them anyways.

"So tell me, so you know who the origami killer is?" The officer asked as he dragged the android out of the car. Connor's hands had been duct taped in front of him by the man who smiled at him. "What am I saying? Of course you know who he is. I heard about you in the office. You can look anything up in your head, right?" Connor didn't say anything as he looked the killer up in his head.

//_Origami Killer:

Name: Scott Shelby

Age: 44

Active From: 2009 to 2011

Targets: Boys between ages 9-13

Killing Method: Drowning after long periods of rain before abandoning the body with an origami figure in their hand_//

"Hey!" The man smacked Connor who was bright back to reality. "Answer me!"

"Y-yes." Connor remembered the magazine article from the Eden Club about an origami killer copycat. "You're the copycat?" Connor instantly regretted saying that as the man quickly turned around and punched the android in the chest. Connor fell to the ground gasping for air he couldn't breath. This was followed by a hard kick to his head, making it violently swing the other way into the wall.

//_Biocomponents #3821, #4026, #4019, #3965 damaged: Seek help from the nearest human_//

"Don't you fucking call me that! I'm not a copycat, I'm just continuing what he started." Connor didn't say anything this time as he felt his processors begin to fuzz in and out of service. Trying to re enter something into his search engine he found it wasn't working. Error screens popped up covering Connor's line of sight before he pushed the notifications aside. He could clearly remember the case file showing the original victims had no external bruising. This man clearly didn't care about perfectly imitating the man. Connor was dragged along the floor as he tried to get his vision to focus again and recover from the pain he was in.

"W-why are you doing this? I'm not human...and I don't have a father..." Connor winced. It hurt to speak.

"I know you're not human. But when the police come to investigate they won't suspect an officer anymore. They'll just think the killer accidentally picked an android up instead of a human boy. And as for your father, what would you call Hank?"

"I-he-"

"He really seemed to care about you at the Ortiz guy's house. I think he counts." Connor stared at the man as he stopped, dropping Connor to the floor.

"Why...why are you telling me this? When Hank comes he'll find out about everything."