| Description |
1 online resource (343 pages) |
| Series |
Human sexuality |
|
Human sexuality (Haworth Press)
|
| Contents |
Introduction: The Cultural Politics of Tongzhi -- The Cultural Construction of Chinese Same-Sex Eroticism -- A World Without Homo-Hetero Duality: Rewriting the Traditional Chinese History of Same-Sex Eroticism -- The Chinese Conception of Sexuality -- Compatibility Between Heterosexual Marriages and Same-Sex Eroticism -- Chinese Tolerance of Same-Sex Eroticism in the Patriarchal-Classist Hierarchy -- Modernity and the Death of Cultural Tolerance of Same-Sex Eroticism -- Diversities and Differences Among Contemporary Chinese Societies -- Colonialism and the Birth of Sexual Identity Politics in Hong Kong -- The Legal Discourse of Homosexuality Under British Colonialism -- From the MacLennan Incident (1980) to Decriminalization (1991) -- The Creation of a New Social-Sexual Subject: The Hong Kong Chinese Gay/Tongzhi -- Classism and the Cultural Construction of Tongzhi -- Tongzhi Discourses in Contemporary China -- The Absence of Homosexuals, Bisexuals, or Heterosexuals -- Why Are Contemporary Mainland Chinese Suffering the Most? -- Legal Discourse and Medicalization -- Individual Strategies of Tongzhi Empowerment -- Collective Strategies of Tongzhi Empowerment -- Going Beyond "Cultural Carnival Versus Political Confrontation": Pluralities of Contemporary Taiwanese Tongzhi Discourses -- Formation of Tongxinglian Consciousness and Community Before 1990 -- Feminism and the Formation of the Tongzhi Movement -- Resistance Through Cultural Carnivals -- Confrontational Politics and Beyond -- Gender, Race, and Tongzhi Politics in Hong Kong |
| Summary |
Tongzhi: Politics of Same-Sex Eroticism in Chinese Societies examines Chinese societies where the family-kinship system, rather than sexuality, is taken as the basis of an individual's identity. With Tongzhi, you will come to understand the variations of same-sex erotica in different Chinese societies. Examining past and present treatment of the subject, including instances of discrimination against homosexuals, Tongzhi explores same-sex eroticism in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, and explains the variations of categories and experiences of tongzhi in these countries. Just what is Ton |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-321) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
|
Print version record |
|
digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Homosexuality -- China
|
|
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gay Studies.
|
|
Homosexuality
|
|
Homosexualitet -- Kina.
|
|
Homosexuella -- Kina.
|
|
China
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| ISBN |
9781136568442 |
|
1136568441 |
|
9780203057056 |
|
0203057058 |
|
9781136568510 |
|
1136568514 |
|
9781136568589 |
|
1136568581 |
|
