ISBN:
9781560231530
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (341 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Tongzhi : Politics of Same-Sex Eroticism in Chinese Societies
DDC:
306.7660951
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Tongzhi; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction: The Cultural Politics of Tongzhi; SECTION I: THE CULTURAL CONSTRUCTION OF CHINESE SAME-SEX EROTICISM; Chapter 1. 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
Description / Table of Contents:
SECTION II: DIVERSITIES AND DIFFERENCES AMONG CONTEMPORARY CHINESE SOCIETIESChapter 2. 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; Chapter 3. Tongzhi Discourses in Contemporary China; The Absence of Homosexuals, Bisexuals, or Heterosexuals; Why Are Contemporary Mainland Chinese Suffering the Most?
Description / Table of Contents:
Legal Discourse and MedicalizationIndividual Strategies of Tongzhi Empowerment; Collective Strategies of Tongzhi Empowerment; Chapter 4. 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; SECTION III: GENDER, RACE, AND TONGZHI POLITICS IN HONG KONG
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 5. When Potato Queens Meet Rice Queens: Racial-Sexual Dynamics in Colonial Hong KongSexual-Racial Politics in Personal Ads; Rice and Potato Queens in the 1970s; Language, Food, and Sex; Tongzhi Strategies of Resistance; Chapter 6. The Cultural Politics of TB/G (Tomboy/Girl) in Hong Kong; Nü Tongzhi in the 1960s and 1970s; Identity Formation of TB/Gs in the 1990s; TB: The Sexual Politics of Breast Binding; Differences and Similarities Among TBGs; Westernized Feminist Nü Tongzhi Versus Local Role-Playing TB/Gs; SECTION IV: INDIGENOUS TONGZHI STRATEGIES OF RESISTANCE
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 7. From Coming Out to Coming HomeComing Out in the Chinese Context; Redefining the Cultural Boundaries of ""Out"" and ""Closet""; Tongzhi Experiences of Coming Home; Why the Legal Discourses of Rights Are Not Sufficient; Chapter 8. Tongzhi Identity Politics As Queering the Mainstream; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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