Shanghai lalas : female Tongzhi communities and politics in urban China /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kam, Lucetta Yip Lo (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Chino
Published: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2013]
Series:Queer Asia.
Subjects:
Lesbians > China > Shanghai > Social conditions.
Bisexual women > China > Shanghai > Social conditions.
Transgender people > China > Shanghai > Social conditions.
Homophobia > China.
Communities > China > Shanghai.
Cities and towns > China > Politics and government.
Lesbiennes > Chine > Shanghai > Conditions sociales.
Bisexuelles > Chine > Shanghai > Conditions sociales.
Transgenres > Chine > Shanghai > Conditions sociales.
Communauté > Chine > Shanghai.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > City Planning & Urban Development.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies.
Lesbians > Social conditions
Homophobia
Cities and towns > Politics and government
Communities
China
China > Shanghai
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Reconnecting Selves and Communities
  • Lala Communities in the Shaping
  • Public Discussions
  • Private Dilemma
  • Negotiating the Public and the Private
  • A Smile on the Surface : The Politics of Public Correctness
  • Conclusion : Seeing Diversity Among Us
  • Profiles of Key Informants.

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