Intersections
Intersections: Gender, history, and culture in the Asian context is a new refereed electronic journal conceived as an interactive forum for new research and teaching in the area of Gender Studies in the Asian region. It edited by Anne-Marie Medcalf and Carolyn Brewer at the School of Asian Studies of Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia.
The journal crosses disciplinary, cultural, and gender boundaries, emphasizing the paramount importance of research into the region's multiple historical and cultural gender patterns patterns which are crucial to the understanding of contemporary globalized societies, where identities and social relations are constantly being negotiated against the background of dominant narratives.
At the same time, Intersections gives researchers an opportunity to explore innovative ways of 'doing' history using new technologies. New Information Technologies are not an end in themselves, but rather a format which allows oral, written, and visual histories to cross paths. Visual materials such as photos, maps, artistic reproductions as well as video clips or sound tracks will be included where indispensable to the argument being developed. Links with other relevant websites will also be established.
Issue no 2 (May 1999) includes articles entitled 'Reog Ponorogo: Spirituality, Sexuality, and Power in a Javanese Performance Tradition', 'Baylan, Asog, Transvestism and Sodomy: Gender, Sexuality and the Sacred in Early Colonial Philippines' and 'Performing Sexual Identity: Naming and Resisting Gayness in Modern Thailand', as well as reading notes and book and film reviews.
The journalcan be consulted on http://wwwsshe.murdoch.edu.au/hum/as/intersections