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Author Ho, Petula Sik Ying, author.

Title Sex and desire in Hong Kong / Petula Sik Ying Ho and A. Ka Tat Tsang
Edition 1st ed
Published Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (344 pages)
Contents Pt. I. On elite discourse and everyday language -- 1. Lost in translation : sex and sexuality in elite discourse and everyday language -- pt. II Body: Penis, vagina/clitoris, anus -- 2. The things girls shouldn't see : relocating the penis in sex education -- in Hong Kong -- 3. Beyond the vagina-clitoris debate : from naming the genitals to reclaiming the woman's body -- pt. III Identity: As gay, as si-nai, as mother, as patient -- 4. Male homosexual identity in Hong Kong : a social construction -- 5. Beyond being gay : the proliferation of political identities in colonial Hong Kong -- 6. Breaking down or breaking through: An alternative way to understanding depression among women in Hong Kong -- 7. Desperate housewives : the case of Chinese si-nais in Hong Kong -- 8. Eternal mothers or flexible housewives? : middle-aged Chinese married women in Hong Kong -- pt. IV Relationships : marriage, multiple sex partners, interracial relationships -- 9. The (charmed) circle game: Reflections on sexual hierarchy through multiple sexual relationships -- 10. Not-so-great expectations: Sex and housewives in Hong Kong -- 11. Negotiating anal intercourse in interracial gay relationships in Hong Kong -- pt. V Desire: Money, happiness and the self -- 12. Money in the private chamber : strategies for retirement planning among Hong Kong Chinese women -- 13. Cyber self-centres? : Hong Kong young women and their personal websites -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary Provides an exemplary model of community-based research on sexual and erotic attitudes and practices of gay men and middle-aged women in Hong Kong over a span of over fifteen years
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Print version record
Subject Sex role -- China -- Hong Kong
Sex -- Social aspects -- China -- Hong Kong
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Social Work.
Sex role
Sex -- Social aspects
China -- Hong Kong
Form Electronic book
Author Tsang, Adolf Ka Tat, 1954- author.
ISBN 9882209416
9789882209411