02311oam 2200505 450 991080974160332120170523091620.0988-220-723-51-282-70921-69786612709210988-8052-61-6(OCoLC)650591676(MiFhGG)GVRL4FRJ(EXLCZ)99252000000000987320100223d2009 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrObsession male same-sex relations in China, 1900-1950 /Wenqing KangHong Kong Hong Kong University Press ;London Eurospan [distributor]2009Hong Kong :Hong Kong University Press ;London :Eurospan [distributor],2009.1 online resource (x, 191 pages)Queer AsiaDescription based upon print version of record.962-209-981-5 962-209-980-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [174]-184) and index.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; IndexThis 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.Queer Asia.Male homosexualityChinaGay menChinaMale homosexualityGay men300306.7662095109041Kang Wenqing712078MiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910809741603321Obsession1327775UNINA