1st Edition

Gay and Lesbian Subculture in Urban China

By Loretta Wing Wah Ho Copyright 2010
200 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

200 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

200 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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... Read more

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

Biography

Loretta Ho is a research Associate in the School of Psychology at the University of Western Australia.