Gay and Lesbian Subculture in Urban China

<p>This book contributes to a critical understanding of how Chinese same-sex identity in urban China is variously imagined; how it is transformed; and how it presents its resistances as China continues to open up to global power relations. Equally important the book will 1) sharpen knowledge of China’s recent socio-economic change and political agenda 2) build a greater awareness of Chinese cultural sexual and ethical values and 3) offer new perspectives on ‘Chineseness’ and Chinese same-sex identity. </p><p>Uniquely it explores the emergence of Chinese same-sex identity through understanding the everyday lived same-sex experience amid China’s opening up to cultural sexual and economic globalisation. This understanding is based on a culturally sensitive framework which accommodates the diverse and sometimes paradoxical articulation of same-sex identity in urban China. It come sto the conclusion that same–sex identity in china is articulated in a paradoxical way: open and decentred but at the same time nationalist and conforming to state control. </p><p>This book will be of interest to scholar and students in Chinese studies Gender Studies sexuality and cultural studies.</p>