Falling into the gay world: Manhood, marriage, and family in Indonesia

"This thesis examines conceptions of homosexuality among lower income gay men of various ethnicities in Jakarta, Indonesia. The primary focus is on the relationship between homosexuality and conceptions of male gender, and it is argued that sexuality plays a minimal role in defining adult male identity in Indonesia which is instead achieved through marriage and reproduction. While the significance of family in defining individual identity is well demonstrated in the literature for many Asia countries, this thesis examines the problematic incorporation and resistance to local and national cultural conceptions which define men as necessarily married and integrated into a ""traditional"" family structure. Particular focus is on Jakarta's first gay organization, the Associated Brotherhood for People of the Same Heart (IPOOS), which now draws over a thousand people to its monthly meetings and weekly drag performances. Within daily organizational life and during public performances, the men of this study creatively reformulated dominant Indonesian conceptions and family and male identity by incorporating them into an gay social domain."

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Anthropology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Howard, Richard Stephen

Contributors dc:contributor

• Gottlieb, Alma J.

• Cultural Anthropology
• Individual and Family Studies

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1996 Howard, Richard Stephen

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9712312
9780591199024
(UMI)AAI9712312

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/19007