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UNINA9910781532203321 |
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Autore |
Huang Hans Tao-Ming |
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Titolo |
Queer politics and sexual modernity in Taiwan [[electronic resource] /] / Hans Tao-Ming Huang |
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Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press |
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London, : Eurospan [distributor], c2011 |
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ISBN |
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988-220-981-5 |
988-8053-80-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (285 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Gay people - Taiwan |
Gay people in literature |
Queer theory - Political aspects - Taiwan |
Male homosexuality - Political aspects - Taiwan |
Feminism - Political aspects - Taiwan |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-269) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- 1. Mental hygiene and the regime of sexuality : the case of the man who escapes marriage -- 2. Prostitution, perversion and AIDS : the secrets of the "glass clique" -- 3. State power, prostitution and sexual order : towards a genealogical critique of "virtuous custom" -- 4. From glass clique to Tongzhi Nation : crystal boys, identity formation and politics of sexual shame -- 5. Modernising gender, civilising sex : state feminism and perverse imagination -- 6. Mourning the monogamous ideal : anti-prostitution feminism, conjugal sentimentality and the formation of melancholic sexual modernity -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Glossary of special names and terms -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book analyses the critical reception of Pai Hsien-yung's Crystal Boys, one of Taiwan's first recognized gay novels, and one which has played an important role in redefining sexual modernity and linking this to ongoing cultural dialogues on state building. It examines the deployment of sexuality over the past five decades in Taiwan by paying particular attention to male homosexuality and prostitution. In addition |
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