The Making of a Gay Asian Community: An Oral History of Pre-AIDS Los Angeles

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In this unique oral history, gay Asian Americans talk frankly about their struggle for self-determination and independence. Despite its size, until recently the gay Asian American community in Los Angeles was fragmented and marginalized as gay Asian men separated into their own ethnic cliques and preferred whites as sexual partners. Using a cultural studies lens to interpret the rich oral narratives he collected, Eric C. Wat shows how a dominant sexual ideology can influence our desires and contradict our memories. By documenting the founding of the first gay Asian organization in Southern California (Asian/Pacific Lesbians and Gays [A/PLG]), Wat powerfully portrays the ways gay Asian men...

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In this unique oral history, gay Asian Americans talk frankly about their struggle for self-determination and independence. Despite its size, until recently the gay Asian American community in Los Angeles was fragmented and marginalized as gay Asian men separated into their own ethnic cliques and preferred whites as sexual partners. Using a cultural studies lens to interpret the rich oral narratives he collected, Eric C. Wat shows how a dominant sexual ideology can influence our desires and contradict our memories. By documenting the founding of the first gay Asian organization in Southern California (Asian/Pacific Lesbians and Gays [A/PLG]), Wat powerfully portrays the ways gay Asian men confronted these contradictions publicly and struggled to fashion a coherent identity and community based on both their race and sexuality. His analysis returns gay Asian men to the center of their lives and celebrates the power of individuals working collectively to define their desires and combat injustice.

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Consciously modeling the title of this work after E.P. Thompson's , the author argues that communities, like classes, are not just an aggregate of individuals forming an ahistorical category, but in fact can only be seen, as Thompson said, "over an adequate period of social change," in which "we observe patterns in their relationships, their ideas, and their institutions." It is with that observation in mind that the author presents oral histories exploring the formation of the Asian gay community in Los Angeles, with a particular emphasis on the founding of Asian/Pacific Lesbians and Gays in late 1980. Interpreting the oral narratives, he analyzes the racialization of sexual desire and the dynamics of power in relationships and communities. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780742511095
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
  • Publication date: 12/28/2001
  • Edition number: 224
  • Pages: 224
  • Series: Pacific Formations Series
  • Product dimensions: 6.06 (w) x 9.28 (h) x 0.79 (d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1 Before the Beginning
As Sissy As They Come 11
All about Butching Up 17
The Future Is in America 21
2 Caution and Abandonment on the L.A. Nightscape
Work Was Work 33
All the Information You Ever Wanted 38
I've Never Seen You Guys 44
Three Pieces of ID 55
The Cult of Masculinity 60
3 A Fascism of Desire
Asians Never Like Other Asians 67
A Vicious Circle 79
4 The Call from Morris Kight
Struggle with My Gayness 93
The Right Thing to Do 102
5 Old Scars on a New Body
Taking Charge ... 115
... But Who's the Boss? 124
An Ambassador's Job 131
It Was All Volunteers 137
That Hostile Asian Group 142
If Only We Could Harness It 147
6 The Next Generation
Not That Kind of Organization 153
Are You "Sticky"? 162
Love Your Asian Body 171
Afterword 175
Appendix I On Methods and Methodology 187
Appendix II Interviews 199
Bibliography 209
Index 213
About the Author 217
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