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Author Tang, Denise Tse-Shang, author.

Title Conditional spaces : Hong Kong lesbian desires and everyday life / Denise Tse-Shang Tang.

Publication Info. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 194 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Queer Asia
Queer Asia.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-190) and index.
Contents Illustrations; Note on Romanization and Translation; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Living Spaces; 2. Consumption Spaces; 3. Regulatory Spaces; 4. Political Spaces; 5. Cultural Spaces; Epilogue; Notes; Profile of Informants; Methodological Notes; Interview Guide; Bibliography; Index.
Summary 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.
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Subject Lesbians -- China -- Hong Kong.
Lesbians.
China -- Hong Kong.
Space -- Social aspects -- China -- Hong Kong.
Space -- Social aspects.
Sociology, Urban -- China -- Hong Kong.
Sociology, Urban.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Subject Lesbians.
Other Form: Print version: Tang, Denise Tse-Shang. Conditional spaces. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2011 9789888083015 (OCoLC)713189828
ISBN 9789888053797 (electronic book)
9888053795 (electronic book)
9789888083015 (electronic book)
9888083015 (electronic book)
9789888083022
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