Dubbing culture: Indonesian gay and lesbi subjectivities and ethnography in an already globalized world

Tom Boellstorff*

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Abstract

In this article I explore how Indonesians come to see themselves as lesbi or gay through fragmentary encounters with mainstream mass media (rather than lesbian and gay Westerners or Western lesbian and gay media). By placing this ethnographic material alongside a recent debate on the dubbing of foreign television programs into the Indonesian language, I develop a theoretical framework of "dubbing culture" to critically analyze globalizing processes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)225-242
Number of pages18
JournalAmerican Ethnologist
Volume30
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2003
Externally publishedYes

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