agency, xviii–xix, 1–3, 7, 9–10, 13–14, 32, 41, 62, 85, 87, 90, 93, 96, 120, 179

Alderson, David, 81, 94, 99

Al-Shaykh, Hanan, xxviii, 169, 171

Ali, Monica, xxviii, 169, 171

Altman, Dennis, 147, 164

Anderson, Benedict, xxvi

Arab, xxv, 169–170, 175, 177–178, 182–184

Asian-Caribbean, xxiv, 105

Attwood, Feona, xix

authorship, xxiv, 2–3, 6–7, 10–13, 21, 23, 26, 34, 40–41, 54, 68, 82, 90, 98–99, 148, 150, 152, 186

Bangladesh, 171, 182, 185

Bataille, Georges, 30

Barthes, Roland, 28

Bentley, Toni, xx, 1, 3, 5

biology, 89

body politic, 128

Boehmer, Elleke, 128

Bollas, Christopher, 151

Borderlands, 105

Brick Lane, xxviii, 169, 171, 179, 182

Bright, Susie, xvi

Budgeon, Shelley, xix

butch, 65, 73–74, 85

Butler, Judith, xii, xxii, 61–62, 65, 83–85, 96, 106–107, 111, 137

Califia, Pat, xv, 12

censorship, xiv

Cereus Blooms at Night, xxiv, 105

Civil Union Act (New Zealand), 148

Cock and Bull, xxiv, 81, 84–85, 88

colonial, xxiv–xxvii, 105, 107–108, 110, 115, 118, 120–121, 127–129, 131, 182–184

consumer culture, 39–40

Courage, James, 148

cross-dressing, 64–66, 75, 110–111, 114, 120

de Certeau, Michel, 171

desire, xii–xiii, xvi–xvii, xix, xxi–xxiii, xxv, xxviii, 4–5, 10, 13–14, 21, 24, 27–28, 30, 34, 44, 54, 61, 65–66, 75, 82–84, 91, 93, 95–97, 105–106, 109, 118–120, 129, 137–139, 141, 148–149, 161–162, 169–170, 172–178, 180–182, 186

diaspora, xxvii, 106, 108, 169–174, 179–180, 183–184, 186

dildo, 70–71

Dines, Gail, xiv, 8

Dorian: An Imitation, xxiv, 81–82, 84–85, 93–99

doubles, 26, 136, 172–173, 175

Dworkin, Andrea, xiv

Eldred-Grigg, Stevan, 150

empowerment, xiii, xvii–xxi, 2, 6–7, 9–12, 14–15, 50, 54

English language, 71, 169, 172–173, 175, 181, 183, 185–186

epistle, 108