ISBN:
9789888053797
,
9888053795
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xiii, 194 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Queer Asia
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Tang, Denise Tse-Shang Conditional spaces
DDC:
305.4896640951
Keywords:
Lesbians China
;
Hong Kong
;
Space Social aspects
;
China
;
Hong Kong
;
Sociology, Urban China
;
Hong Kong
;
Space Social aspects
;
Sociology, Urban
;
Lesbians
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Women's Studies
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
;
Lesbians
;
Sociology, Urban
;
China ; Hong Kong
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Online-Publikation
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Dense living conditions in Hong Kong do not provide much privacy for lesbians and other sexual minorities living with their families. As a result, lesbians often locate alternative spaces to develop support networks with other women. Others reject the notion of lesbian spaces and instead assert their visibility in different aspects of everyday life. Based on life history interviews with several dozen lesbians living in Hong Kong, this book maps the complex relations between personal subjectivities and spatialities as they emerge and interact with various social justice movements and alternativ
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-190) and index. - Description based on print version record
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