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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809741603321

Autore

Kang Wenqing

Titolo

Obsession : male same-sex relations in China, 1900-1950 / / Wenqing Kang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press

London, : Eurospan [distributor], 2009

Hong Kong : , : Hong Kong University Press

London : , : Eurospan [distributor], , 2009

ISBN

988-220-723-5

1-282-70921-6

9786612709210

988-8052-61-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 191 pages)

Collana

Queer Asia

Disciplina

300

306.7662095109041

Soggetti

Male homosexuality - China

Gay men - China

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 (p. [174]-184) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 - The Language of Male Same-Sex Relations in China; 2 - Sexology; 3 - Literary Intimacies; 4 - Tabloid Sex and Cultural Conservatives; 5 - Actors and Patrons; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is the most serious study to date on the topic of male same-sex relations in China during the early twentieth century, illuminating male same-sex relations in many sites: language, translated sexological writings, literary works, tabloid newspapers,and opera. Documenting how nationalism and colonial modernity reconfigured Chinese discourses on sex between men in the early twentieth century, Wenqing Kang has amassed a wealth of material previously overlooked by scholars, such as the entertainment news and opinion pieces related to same-sex relations published in the tabloid press.