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

• Autore: Ho Loretta Wing Wah
• 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
• ISBN: 1-282-25647-5; 9786612256479; 0-203-87376-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823646503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge contemporary China series.