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Abstract
Puar,
Jasbir Kaur. "Circuits
of Queer Mobility: Tourism, Travel, and Globalization," Gay
and Lesbian Quarterly, 2002, 8:1-2, 101-137
The construction of global & local
sexualities through tourism - & attendant conflicts - are examined
via an
analysis of the international cruise ship industry. The development
of tourism directed at gay & lesbian consumers is traced, &
promotional
materials from various world cities are examined, along with
statistical data on
the economic impacts of such tourism. Conflicts between the interests
of
globalized travel & postcolonial gay/lesbian identities are
discussed,
highlighting issues of gay rights & the abilities of governments to
intervene in the foreign locales to which their cruise ships
travel. The involvement of gay rights & other nongovernmental
organizations
in such matters is also explored, & links between gay/human rights
activism
& tourism are identified.
Puar,
Jasbir Kaur. "Global
Circuits: Transnational Sexualities and Trinidad," Signs,
2001, 26, 4, summer, 1039-1065
Discusses a series of
interviews with gay &
lesbian activists in Trinidad & other parts of the Caribbean to
evaluate
relationships between globalization, gender, & sexuality. Main
topics
include the impact of globalization & postcolonial gay &
lesbian
identities on tourism, as illustrated by a test case in which a gay
cruise
ship with 900 US passengers was refused docking privileges at the
Cayman Islands; public response to a drag
contest held each year in
Trinidad; related issues of Indian & African racial antagonism in
the
Caribbean; the recent "outing" of gay persons, places, & events
in Trinidad via the Internet & the tourism industry; & the need
for
further research to determine if globalization promotes recognizable
gay &
bisexual identities.
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