title: Deconstructing the silences: gay social memory.
abstract: Adopting a Foucaultian perceptive, this article deconstructs the silences in the Singaporean gay community. The collective absences in homosexuals' social memory is not simply reflective of a fragmented community, but must be comprehended in relation to the role of the state and media in shaping particular discourses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, AS1 #03-06, 11 Arts Link, 117570 Singapore. a0029859@nus.edu.sg
authors.forename: Lionel Loh Han
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Loong
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006716:Homosexuality / Q000266:history; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000266:history; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011287:Prejudice; D012846:Singapore; D012924:Social Conditions / Q000266:history; D012938:Social Perception