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"Taking lesbians in Singapore as a case study, this book explores the possibility of a modern gay identity in a postcolonial society, that is not dependent on Western queer norms. It looks at the core question of how this identity can be reconciled with local culture and how it relates to global modernities and dominant understandings of what it means to be queer. It engages with debates about globalization, post-colonialism and sexuality, while emphasising the specificity, diversity and interconnectedness of local lesbian sexualities"--

1. Introduction -- 2. Conceptual underpinnings of global queering -- 3. Postcolonial Singapore : state, nationalism and sexuality -- 4. Sexual politics in Singapore : sodomy law and lesbian resistance -- 5. Transnational politics of local queer activism and lesbian activists -- 6. 'Modern' lesbian lives in postcolonial Singapore -- 7. Recollections, remarks and re-making the relations : a postcolonial politics of difference.