Title The politics of love in Myanmar : LGBT mobilization and human rights as a way of life / Lynette J. Chua

Published Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2019] ©2019

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 207 pages) : illustrations, map Series Stanford studies in human rights Stanford studies in human rights. Contents List of terms related to queer people, queer cultures, or the LGBT movement in Myanmar -- Introduction -- Human rights practice as a way of life -- Forming the movement : founding emotions and social ties -- Transforming grievances : emotional fealty to human rights -- Building community : emotional bonds among activists -- Faults, fault lines, and the complexities of agency -- Conclusion Summary The Politics of Love in Myanmar offers an intimate ethnographic account of a group of LGBT activists before, during, and after Myanmar's post-2011 political transition. Lynette J. Chua explores how these activists devoted themselves to, and fell in love with, the practice of human rights and how they were able to empower queer Burmese to accept themselves, gain social belonging, and reform discriminatory legislation and law enforcement. Informed by interviews with activists from all walks of life--city dwellers, villagers, political dissidents, children of military families, wage laborers, shopkeepers, beauticians, spirit mediums, lawyers, students--Chua details the vivid particulars of the LGBT activist experience founding a movement first among exiles and migrants and then in Myanmar's cities, towns, and countryside. A distinct political and emotional culture of activism took shape, fusing shared emotions and cultural bearings with legal and political ideas about human rights. For this network of activists, human rights moved hearts and minds and crafted a transformative web of friendship, fellowship, and affection among queer Burmese. Chua's investigation provides crucial insights into the intersection of emotions and interpersonal relationships with law, rights, and social movements Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-198) and index Notes Description based on print version record Subject Sexual minorities -- Civil rights -- Burma Sexual minorities -- Political activity -- Burma POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. Sexual minorities -- Political activity Sexual minorities LGBTQ+ people Burma Form Electronic book LC no. 2018014608 ISBN 9781503607453 1503607453

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