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Shanghai Lalas: Female Tongzhi Communities and Politics in Urban China (Queer Asia)

Lucetta Kam

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Description:This is the first ethnographic study of "lala" (lesbian, bisexual, and transgender) communities and politics in China, focusing on the city of Shanghai. Based on several years of in-depth interviews, the volume concentrates on lalas' everyday struggle to reconcile same-sex desires with a dominant rhetoric of family harmony and compulsory marriage, all within a culture denying women active and legitimate sexual agency.Lucetta Yip Lo Kam reads discourses on homophobia in China, including the rhetoric of "Chinese tolerance," and considers the heteronormative demands imposed on "tongzhi" subjects. ("Tongzhi is the younger generation's slang for LGBTQ people.) She treats "the politics of public correctness" as a newly emerging tongzhi practice developed from the culturally specific, Chinese forms of regulation that inform tongzhi survival strategies and self-identification.Alternating between Kam's own experiences with queer identity and her extensive ethnographic findings, this text offers a contemporary portrait of female tongzhi communities and politics in urban China, making an invaluable contribution to global discussions and international debates on same-sex intimacies, homophobia, coming-out politics, and sexual governance.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Shanghai Lalas: Female Tongzhi Communities and Politics in Urban China (Queer Asia). To get started finding Shanghai Lalas: Female Tongzhi Communities and Politics in Urban China (Queer Asia), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This is the first ethnographic study of "lala" (lesbian, bisexual, and transgender) communities and politics in China, focusing on the city of Shanghai. Based on several years of in-depth interviews, the volume concentrates on lalas' everyday struggle to reconcile same-sex desires with a dominant rhetoric of family harmony and compulsory marriage, all within a culture denying women active and legitimate sexual agency.Lucetta Yip Lo Kam reads discourses on homophobia in China, including the rhetoric of "Chinese tolerance," and considers the heteronormative demands imposed on "tongzhi" subjects. ("Tongzhi is the younger generation's slang for LGBTQ people.) She treats "the politics of public correctness" as a newly emerging tongzhi practice developed from the culturally specific, Chinese forms of regulation that inform tongzhi survival strategies and self-identification.Alternating between Kam's own experiences with queer identity and her extensive ethnographic findings, this text offers a contemporary portrait of female tongzhi communities and politics in urban China, making an invaluable contribution to global discussions and international debates on same-sex intimacies, homophobia, coming-out politics, and sexual governance.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Shanghai Lalas: Female Tongzhi Communities and Politics in Urban China (Queer Asia). To get started finding Shanghai Lalas: Female Tongzhi Communities and Politics in Urban China (Queer Asia), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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