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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786734003321

Autore

Ho Petula Sik Ying

Titolo

Sex and desire in Hong Kong / / Petula Sik Ying

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hong Kong : , : Hong Kong University Press, , 2013

ISBN

988-220-975-0

988-220-941-6

Edizione

[1st edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (344 pages)

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

306.7095125

Soggetti

Sex role - China - Hong Kong

Sex - Social aspects - China - Hong Kong

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. On elite discourse and everyday language -- 1. Lost in translation : sex and sexuality in elite discourse and everyday language -- pt. II Body: Penis, vagina/clitoris, anus -- 2. The things girls shouldn't see : relocating the penis in sex education -- in Hong Kong -- 3. Beyond the vagina-clitoris debate : from naming the genitals to reclaiming the woman's body -- pt. III Identity: As gay, as si-nai, as mother, as patient -- 4. Male homosexual identity in Hong Kong : a social construction -- 5. Beyond being gay : the proliferation of political identities in colonial Hong Kong -- 6. Breaking down or breaking through: An alternative way to understanding depression among women in Hong Kong -- 7. Desperate housewives : the case of Chinese si-nais in Hong Kong -- 8. Eternal mothers or flexible housewives? : middle-aged Chinese married women in Hong Kong -- pt. IV Relationships : marriage, multiple sex partners, interracial relationships -- 9. The (charmed) circle game: Reflections on sexual hierarchy through multiple sexual relationships -- 10. Not-so-great expectations: Sex and housewives in Hong Kong -- 11. Negotiating anal intercourse in interracial gay relationships in Hong Kong -- pt. V Desire: Money, happiness and the self -- 12. Money in the private chamber : strategies for retirement planning among Hong Kong Chinese women -- 13. Cyber self-centres? : Hong Kong young women and their personal websites -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index.