(Re)Locating the Gay Filipino

Resistance, Postcolonialism, and Identity

Bibliographic Data

ID3613435
AuthorsMartin F Manalansan Iv, Martin F Manalansan (University of Rochester, corresponding author)
Year1993
Volume26
Issue2-3
Pages53-72
Publication date1993-12-14
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1300/j082v26n02_03
PMID8113619
OpenAlexW2317904044
LanguageEN
Citations received12

This paper attempts to critically analyze issues of postcolonial displacement, immigration, and homosexuality by examining the works of two Filipino gay immigrant writers, John Silva and Ralph Peña. Using postcolonial and critical theories, anthropological studies, and ethnographic fieldwork in New York City, this paper focuses on the role of language, memory, the body, race/ethnicity, and social class in the narrative strategies of the two writers. This paper argues that gay postcolonial writers such as these two relocate and reconfigure homosexual/gay identity in the face of new and oppressive hierarchies, identities, and practices

Aesthetics · Art · Class (philosophy · Displacement (psychology · Epistemology · Ethnic group · Ethnography · Face (sociological concept · Homosexuality · Identity (music · Immigration · Lesbian · Linguistics · Narrative · Psychoanalysis · Race (biology · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · History · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Philippine History and Culture · Psychology

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