Shanghai lalas : female Tongzhi communities and politics in urban China /
This is an ethnographic study of lala (lesbian, bisexual, and transgender) communities and politics in China, focusing on the city of Shanghai. The volume concentrates on lalas' everyday struggle to reconcile same-sex desire with a dominant rhetoric of family harmony and compulsory marriage, al...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Chino |
Publicado: |
Hong Kong :
Hong Kong University Press,
[2013]
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Colección: | Queer Asia.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This is an ethnographic study of lala (lesbian, bisexual, and transgender) communities and politics in China, focusing on the city of Shanghai. The volume concentrates on lalas' everyday struggle to reconcile same-sex desire with a dominant rhetoric of family harmony and compulsory marriage, all within a culture denying women's active and legitimate sexual agency. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 142 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-138) and index. |
ISBN: | 9789882208452 9882208452 9888180142 9789888180141 9888139460 9789888139460 9888139452 9789888139453 |