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Record Nr.

UNINA9910993973203321

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

9786612709210

9789882207233

9882207235

9781282709218

1282709216

9789888052615

9888052616

9789622099807

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 pages)

Collana

Queer Asia

Disciplina

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

Intro -- 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.