Love under surveillance: Indonesia's 'medicalization' of marriage
Love under surveillance: Indonesia's 'medicalization' of marriage
- February 28, 2018
- Tom Boellstorff, anthropology, via the Jakarta Post, Feb. 28, 2018
Critically exploring the connection between marriage and citizenship, [UCI Professor]
Tom Boellstorff explores the cultural significance of heterosexual marriage as a primary
marker of adulthood and ideal citizen, which in turn contributes to gay Indonesians’
decision to enter heterosexual marriage to conform such constructs.
For the full story, please visit http://www.thejakartapost.com/academia/2018/02/28/love-under-surveillance-indonesias-medicalization-of-marriage.html.
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