Title
As normal as possible : negotiating sexuality and gender in Mainland China and Hong Kong
Document Type
Edited book
Publication Date
2010
Publisher
Hong Kong University Press
Abstract
Drawing from the fields of ethnographic and sociological studies, cultural activism, public health and film studies, this volume poses new and exciting challenges to queer studies and demonstrates the study of Chinese sexuality as an emergent field currently emanating from multiple disciplines. The essays here showcase the work of emerging and established scholars working mostly outside Euro-America and focus on cities including Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing. This book is one of the first sustained collections on Chinese non-normative sexual subjectivities and contemporary sexual politics published in English. It highlights the various ways in which different individuals and communities––including male sex workers, transsexual subjects, lesbians and Indonesian migrants––negotiate with notions of normativity and modernity, fine-tuned according to the different power structures of each context, and making new and different meanings.
ISBN
9789622099876
Publisher Statement
Copyright © Hong Kong University Press 2010.
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Language
English
Recommended Citation
Yau, C.(Ed.) (2010). As normal as possible: negotiating sexuality and gender in Mainland China and Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
