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OverviewThis book presents a groundbreaking exploration of masculinities and homosexualities amongst Chinese gay men. It provides a sociological account of masculinity, desire, sexuality, identity and citizenship in contemporary Chinese societies, and within the constellation of global culture. Kong reports the results of an extensive ethnographic study of contemporary Chinese gay men in a wide range of different locations including mainland China, Hong Kong and the Chinese overseas community in London, showing how Chinese gay men live their everyday lives. Relating Chinese male homosexuality to the extensive social and cultural theories on gender, sexuality and the body, postcolonialism and globalisation, the book examines the idea of queer space and numerous 'queer flows' -- of capital, bodies, ideas, images, and commodities -- around the world. The book concludes that different gay male identities -- such as the conspicuously consuming memba in Hong Kong, the urban tongzhi, the 'money boy' in China and the feminised 'golden boy' in London -- emerge in different locations, and are all caught up in the transnational flow of queer cultures which are at once local and global. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Travis S. K. Kong (University of Hong Kong)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Volume: v. 52 Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.750kg ISBN: 9780415451895ISBN 10: 0415451892 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 07 July 2010 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsChinese Male Homosexualities is an original study of what happens when the translation of global gayness fails. What we get are politically astute insights developed in dialogue between Kong and the Chinese gay men he came to know ... in Hong Kong, London and mainland China. Resolutely anti-essentialist about both gay identity and Chinese culture, Kong convincingly argues that contradictions lie at the heart of queer struggles for rights, community and intimacy ... A must read. -- Professor Lisa Rofel, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA There is no book out there like this one. Navigating between European ideals of liberal recognition and Confucian notions of filial obligation, between neoliberal markets and residues of (post)colonial regulation, between cosmopolitan consumerism and alternative socialist imaginaries, Kong's ethnography of Chinese gay men in Hong Kong, London, and the PRC is exhilarating and inimitable. -- Professor David L. Eng, University of Pennsylvania, USA Chinese Male Homosexualities is that rare and joyous thing: an intellectually substantial book that is also a good read. Individual interviewees' stories bring the intellectual arguments to life. -- Professor Chris Berry, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK This is a stunning empirical study of sexual worlds that are rarely associated with China, and a highly creative synthesis of the sociology of sexuality and queer theory. A powerful book that will be of interest to China scholars as well as sexuality researchers. -- Arlene Stein, Rutgers University, USA Author InformationUniversity of Hong Kong Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |