Elisabeth L. Engebretsen

Queer Women in Urban China

An Ethnography

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Produktbeschreibung

Based in ethnographies of the everyday and intimate lives of a diverse population of same-sex desiring women (lala) in Beijing, this book explores how ideas and practices regarding gender, sexuality, family, and nation are constructed, and investigates new meanings of identity and modes of belonging in urban mainland China.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 321g
• ISBN-13: 9781138929623
• ISBN-10: 113892962X
• Artikelnr.: 42407675

Autorenporträt

Elisabeth L. Engebretsen is a Research Fellow (Asian Cities Cluster) at the International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Queer Women in Urban China: An Introduction 2. "A Special Self": New
Sexual Subjectivities 3. Is Face More Important than Happiness?:
Negotiating Family and Kinship 4. "Come and Join Our Wedding!": The
Symbolic Politics of Lala Marriages 5. Convenient Resistance?: Lala-Gay
Contract Marriages 6. "Our Lala Space": Community Development and Social
Activism 7. Conclusion: "Queers, Keep up the Good Work!"