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Gay and lesbian subculture in urban China / / Loretta Wing Wah Ho



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Autore: Ho Loretta Wing Wah Visualizza persona
Titolo: Gay and lesbian subculture in urban China / / Loretta Wing Wah Ho Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2009
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (195 p.)
Disciplina: 306.76/60951091732
306.7660951
Soggetto topico: Gay men - China
Lesbians - China
Urbanization - China
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on the text; 1 Opening up to gay and lesbian identities; 2 The problematics of storytelling; 3 Fieldwork: Filtering the field; 4 Speaking of same-sex subjects in urban China; 5 The gay space in Chinese cyberspace: Self-censorship, commercialisation and misrepresentation; 6 Modernity and authenticity; 7 Conclusion: The internal paradoxes in Beijing; Appendices; Notes; References; Index
Sommario/riassunto: This book contributes to a critical understanding of how Chinese same-sex identity in urban China is variously imagined; how it is transformed; and how it presents its resistances as China continues to open up to global power relations. Equally important, the book will 1) sharpen knowledge of China's recent socio-economic change and political agenda, 2) build a greater awareness of Chinese cultural, sexual and ethical values and 3) offer new perspectives on 'Chineseness' and Chinese same-sex identity. Uniquely, it explores the emergence of Chinese same-sex identity through und
Titolo autorizzato: Gay and lesbian subculture in urban China  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-25647-5
9786612256479
0-203-87376-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910823646503321
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Serie: Routledge contemporary China series.