Shanghai lalas female Tongzhi communities and politics in urban China
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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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Hong Kong :
Hong Kong University Press
2013.
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Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Queer Asia. |
Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b30864161*spi |
Sumario: | 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, all within a culture denying women's active and legitimate sexual agency. |
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Descripción Física: | x, 142 p. |
Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 129-138) e índice. |
ISBN: | 9789882208452 |