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Conditional spaces : Hong Kong lesbian desires and everyday life /
Dense living conditions in Hong Kong do not provide much privacy for lesbians and other sexual minorities living with their families. As a result, lesbians often locate alternative spaces to develop support networks with other women. Others reject the notion of lesbian spaces and instead assert thei...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hong Kong :
Hong Kong University Press,
©2011.
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| Colección: | Queer Asia.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Dense living conditions in Hong Kong do not provide much privacy for lesbians and other sexual minorities living with their families. As a result, lesbians often locate alternative spaces to develop support networks with other women. Others reject the notion of lesbian spaces and instead assert their visibility in different aspects of everyday life. Based on life history interviews with several dozen lesbians living in Hong Kong, this book maps the complex relations between personal subjectivities and spatialities as they emerge and interact with various social justice movements and alternativ. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 194 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-190) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789888053797 9888053795 9789888083015 9888083015 9789888083022 9888083023 |