Queer/Tongzhi China: New Perspectives on Research, Activism and Media Cultures

Gendering Asia

by Elisabeth L. Engebretsen (editor), William F. Schroeder (Editor), Hongwei Bao (Editor)

This book brings together some of the most exciting, original and cutting-edge work being conducted on contemporary queer China. The volume includes original essays by some of the most prolific and central queer activists and artists in the PRC, placing their writing alongside work by emergent and established scholars from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds. The book offers unique perspectives by presenting primary accounts of the creative and multi-faceted strategies that activists and community organizers have developed in their various activities.

The volume also presents rich, empirical evidence of every-day queer lives across China, offering a unique record not only of cosmopolitan community and activist perspectives but also of voices and experiences from a broad range of locations and identifications. As a whole it offers invaluable insights into sexual and gender diversity in China today. Queer/Tongzhi China thus breathes as it speaks, providing through its diverse approaches a different understanding of queer China than standard mono-ethnographies or social-scientific documentaries.

288 pages, Hardcover

Published June 1, 2015

Reviews

[mimo · Rating 4 out of 5]

I snagged a copy of this book secondhand for a dollar - the shop was having a sale to clear out stock before doing renovations - and I have to say, for a dollar I learned so much! Some of these essays really opened my eyes to a queer history and subculture in China that I was not aware of at all. I also think the collection has been well-curated to cover a range of topics. It may be a little outdated already, but still worth reading for sure.

[Mills College Library]

306.76095 Q382 2015