Tongzhi: Politics of Same-Sex Eroticism in Chinese Societies
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| Rating | : | 4.29 (591 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1560231548 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Carefully describes the evolution of homosexual life and culture in various Chinese societies. THIS BOOK ABLY CONVEYS THE UNIQUENESS AND RICH DIVERSITY OF CHINESE SEXUALITY." -- Bret Hinsch, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of History, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan. Contrasts the homosexual cultures of Hong Kong, China, and Taiwan. Under the very different political and social conditions of each place, Chinese sexuality has developed in very different directions
Wah-shan taught at the University of Hong Kong. He is now living in China and doing research on the Mosuo culture, the matrilineal culture located in Southwestern China. . He has published more than 20 Chinese books, mostly on sexuality and gender politics
"Comrade: r u really as straight as you may think you are?" according to gilbert elliott. This book is essential reading for anybody who has an interest in the predicament of lesbians and gays in China, including Hong Kong and Taiwan. It should interest any non-Chinese person in a same-sex relationship with a Chinese person. It also has much to say more generally on cross-cultural perspectives on sexuality, and the interaction of global, "Western" val. A Customer said if you read chinese, do not read this book. If you read Chinese, do not read this book. The reasons are: (1) there are many better written books on the topic in Chinese, especially by writers from Hong Kong and Taiwan. This book is not based on good research. Many mistakes are obvious in the book. ("if you read chinese, do not read this book" according to A Customer. If you read Chinese, do not read this book. The reasons are: (1) there are many better written books on the topic in Chinese, especially by writers from Hong Kong and Taiwan. This book is not based on good research. Many mistakes are obvious in the book. (2) People who read Chinese can easily recognize that the writer misreads many Chinese phrases. (if you read chinese, do not read this book If you read Chinese, do not read this book. The reasons are: (1) there are many better written books on the topic in Chinese, especially by writers from Hong Kong and Taiwan. This book is not based on good research. Many mistakes are obvious in the book. (2) People who read Chinese can easily recognize that the writer misreads many Chinese phrases. (3) If you wan. ) If you wan. ) People who read Chinese can easily recognize that the writer misreads many Chinese phrases. (if you read chinese, do not read this book If you read Chinese, do not read this book. The reasons are: (1) there are many better written books on the topic in Chinese, especially by writers from Hong Kong and Taiwan. This book is not based on good research. Many mistakes are obvious in the book. (2) People who read Chinese can easily recognize that the writer misreads many Chinese phrases. (3) If you wan. ) If you wan. bad command of Chinese and English The readers who read Chinese will be shocked how the book fails to handle both Chinese and English. The book claims, for Chinese people, "homosexuality" is a trans. verb. I mean it, the book really makes such a claim. A trans. verb is like the verbs such as eat (I eat veggie), sing (I sing songs) etc. The book states that "homosexuality" is such a verb for Chines
The word, which has very positive historical references, was a Chinese translation from the Soviet communist term comrade. S/Mers, transvestites, and other fetishists who are members of the Chinese sexual counterculture who may be quite heterosexual are also tongzhi. And the term has meaning beyond the sexual: it embodies a strong sentiment for integrating the sexual (legitimizing same-sex love), the political (sharing the goals of fighting heterosexism) and the cultural (reappropriating their Chinese identity). Tongzhi brings you fascinating insight into: the history of same-sex eroticism in China coming out in Chinese society how colonialism has affected sexual nonconformists in this region racial and sexual dynamics in Colonial Hong Kong the cultural politics of being a tomboy/girl in modern Hong Kong “queering the mainstream” with tongzhi identity politics sexual/cultural diversities and differences among contemporary Chinese so