Publications

Books Authored by Baden Offord

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	Homosexual Rights as Human Rights: Activism in Indonesia, Singapore, and Australia By Baden Offord Peter Lang, 2003 This book was awarded the George Duncan Memorial Prize in 2005. This book examines homosexual rights as human rights in the light of recent insights of cultural theory into identity, cultural values, rights discourse and homosexuality. The focus of the study is on the activist who is regarded as both the representative of perspectives, actions and attitudes as well as the embodiment of tensions and broader struggles that reflect and rupture dominant discourses of power. The book interrogates the homosexual activist and the theory and practice of human rights in three distinct nations: Indonesia, Singapore, and Australia. It discusses and analyses the ways in which activists in these three polites devise strategies of survival and negotiate the limits of justice. The interface between Australia and Southesast Asis is a poignant context, which highlights different and overlapping (Western and Asian) perspectives on notions of rights, law, identity, activism, culture, and sexualtiy.
Books Edited by Baden Offord
	Landscapes of Exile: Once Perilous, Now Safe Anna Haebich/ Baden Offord (eds) Peter Lang, 2008 Inspired by the international conference 'Landscapes of Exile: Once Perilous, Now Safe' held in Australia in 2006, this book examines the experience and nature of exile - one of the most powerful and recurrent themes of the human condition. In response to the central question posed of how the experience of exile has impacted on society and culture, this book offers a rich collection of essays. Through a kaleidoscope of views on the metaphorical, spatial, imaginative, reflective and experiential nature of exile, it investigates a diverse range of landscapes of belonging and exclusion - social, cultural, legal, poetic, literary, indigenous, political - that confront humanity. At the very heart of landscapes of exile is the irony of history, and therefore of identity and home. Who is now safe and who is not? What was perilous? Who now is in peril? What does it mean to belong? This book provides key examinations of these questions.
	Activating Human Rights in Education: Exploration, Innovation and Transformation Christopher Newell/Baden Offord (eds) Foreword by The Hon. Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG. ‘... ‘Human rights can sometimes seem a somewhat removed topic in our professional and personal lives. Yet this book shows how they contribute profoundly to the ethical framework underpinning Australian education.’- Christopher Newell & Baden Offord ‘...it is from good leadership of educators that the defences of peace will be built in the minds and hearts of all Australians. This book is a valuable contribution to that process.’ - The Hon. Justice Michael Kirby AC
	Activating Human Rights Elisabeth Porter/ Baden Offord(eds) Peter Lang, 2006 This book is based on papers originally presented at the international conference 'Activating Human Rights and Diversity' held in Australia in 2003. It advances a powerful and convincing affirmation of the importance of human rights in the twenty-first century and explores the vital connections between the theory and practice of human rights. It asks what kind of vision for humanity is necessary, given the harsh realities and challenges of the twenty-first century. Through a range of perspectives - reconciliation, refugees, women, indigenous issues, same-sex sexualities, conflict resolution, environmental degradation, political freedoms and disability - this collection highlights the fact that the survival of humanity depends on our ability to connect a vision with the reality of activating human rights.
Books Containing Chapters and Contributions by Baden Offord
	As Others See Us: The values debate in Australia J.V. D'Cruz, Bernie Neville, Devika Goonewardene & Phillip Darby (Ed.) This book is a splendid collection of essays on Australian culture, politics, and the "values" debate- illuminated by the ideas of a thinker Australians need to know, Ashis Nandy, one of the foremost critical intellectuals on the globe. Across issues from asylum seekers to sport, this book digs through the clotted layers of official hypocrisy to lay bare both the violence, and the hope, that mark our situation in the world. Professor Raewyn Connell, University of Sydney, author of Southern Theory (2007). Features writing by Ashis Nandy, Vinay Lal, Anthony Langlois, Erika Kerruish, Vin D'Cruz, Deborah Bird Rose, Baden Offord, Kate O'Mara, Goldi Osuri, Bernie Neville, Alisoun Neville, Suvendrini Perera, Joseph Pugliese, Margaret Robertson, Brian Stoddart, David Walker, Devika Goonewardene, Kane Collins, Devleena Ghosh, Phillip Darby. Available from Australian Scholarly Press: As Others See Us
	Belonging in the Rainbow Region: Cultural Perspectives on the NSW North Coast Wilson, H (Ed.) Southern Cross University Press, 2003 Since the 1973 Aquarius festival in Nimbin, The Rainbow Region has been home and host to a range of cultures, traditions and lifestyles. This diversity presents an ongoing challenge for natives and new settlers in understanding their place within its social and natural landscapes. Through the arts, housing, migration, indigenous experience, the gay community, drug culture, environmental activism, media and tourism, this collection provides an insight into belonging in this unique region.
	Gay and Lesbian Asia: Culture, Identity, Community by Gerard Sullivan (Ed), Peter Jackson (Ed) Haworth, 2001 This book considers the diversity of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered identities in countries including Korea, Thailand, China, Malaysia, India, Singapore, and the Philippines. Although many Asian cultures borrow the language of the West when discussing queerness, the attitudes, relationships, and roles described are quite different. Some of the topics included in this volume are globalization theory in the context of the Western gay identity movement, Foucauldian discourse on sexuality and distinct erotic cultures, the formation of gay cybercommunities in Asia, the effects of film and video images, class distinctions on Jakarta lesbians, and political and cultural analyses of gay and lesbian comradeship and filial relationships in Chinese societies.
	Encyclopedia of Gay Histories and Cultures: Volume 2 George E. Haggerty (Author) Garland, 2000 Beginning in 1869, when the study of homosexuality can be said to have begun with the establishment of sexology, this encyclopedia offers accounts of the most important international developments in an area that now occupies a critical place in many fields of academic endeavors. It covers a long history and a dynamic and ever changing present, while opening up the academic profession to new scholarship and new ways of thinking. Intended as a reference for students and scholarsin all fields, as well as for the general public, the encyclopedia is written in user-friendly language. At the same time it maintains a high level of scholarship that incorporates both passion and objectivity. It is written by some of the most famous names in the field, as well as new scholars, whose research continues to advance gender studies into the future.
	Reader's Guide to Lesbian and Gay Studies by Timothy Murphy (Author) Taylor & Francis, 2000 The Reader's Guide to Lesbian and Gay Studies surveys the field in some 470 entries on individuals (Adrienne Rich); arts and cultural studies (Dance); ethics, religion, and philosophical issues (Monastic Traditions); historical figures, periods, and ideas (Germany between the World Wars); language, literature, and communication (British Drama); law and politics (Child Custody); medicine and biological sciences (Health and Illness); and psychology, social sciences, and education (Kinsey Report). An international team of some 200 scholars has contributed to this guide.
	Mobile Cultures: New Media in Queer Asia Chris Berry, Fran Martin and Audrey Yue (Eds) Duke University Press, 2003 Mobile Cultures provides much-needed, empirically grounded studies of the connections between new media technologies, the globalization of sexual cultures, and the rise of queer Asia. The availability and use of new media—fax machines, mobile phones, the Internet, electronic message boards, pagers, and global television—have grown exponentially in Asia over the past decade. This explosion of information technology has sparked a revolution, transforming lives and lifestyles, enabling the creation of communities and the expression of sexual identities in a region notorious for the regulation of both information and sexual conduct. Whether looking at the hanging of toy cartoon characters like “Hello Kitty” from mobile phones to signify queer identity in Japan or at the development of queer identities in Indonesia or Singapore, the essays collected here emphasize the enormous variance in the appeal and uses of new media from one locale to another.
	Multicultural Queer: Australian Narratives Peter Jackson (Editor) Haworth Press, 1999 Examining the mix of race, culture, gender, and sexuality, Multicultural Queer: Australian Narratives explores the lives of gay minorities, mostly Asians, and the challenges they face in trying to establish themselves within a community. Discussing the experiences of individuals who have double or triple minority statuses -- as gay people, as members of ethnic minorities, and/or as women -- this book investigates racial stereotypes and the Australian gay "ideal" which most minorities do not fit.
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