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.
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.
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!"
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!"
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