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Author Kam, Lucetta Yip Lo, author.

Title Shanghai lalas : female Tongzhi communities and politics in urban China / Lucetta Yip Lo Kam.

Publication Info. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 142 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Queer Asia
Queer Asia.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-138) and index.
Summary This is an ethnographic study of lala (lesbian, bisexual, and transgender) communities and politics in China, focusing on the city of Shanghai. The volume concentrates on lalas' everyday struggle to reconcile same-sex desire with a dominant rhetoric of family harmony and compulsory marriage, all within a culture denying women's active and legitimate sexual agency.
Contents Acknowledgements; Introduction: Reconnecting Selves and Communities; 1. Lala Communities in the Shaping; 2. Public Discussions; 3. Private Dilemma; 4. Negotiating the Public and the Private; 5. A Smile on the Surface: The Politics of Public Correctness; Conclusion: Seeing Diversity Among Us; Profiles of Key Informants; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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Subject Lesbians -- China -- Shanghai -- Social conditions.
Lesbians.
China -- Shanghai.
Social conditions.
Bisexual women -- China -- Shanghai -- Social conditions.
Bisexual women.
Transgender people -- China -- Shanghai -- Social conditions.
Transgender people.
Homophobia -- China.
Homophobia.
China.
Communities -- China -- Shanghai.
Communities.
Cities and towns -- China -- Politics and government.
Cities and towns.
Politics and government.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Lesbians.
Bisexual women.
Transgender people.
Homophobia.
Added Title Female Tongzhi communities and politics in urban China
Other Form: Print version: Kam, Lucetta Yip Lo. Shanghai lalas. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2013] 9789888139453 (OCoLC)816168570
ISBN 9789882208452 (electronic book)
9882208452 (electronic book)
9789888139460 (paperback)
9789888139453