Shanghai Lalas [electronic resource] : Female Tongzhi Communities and Politics in Urban China /
Kam, Lucetta Yip Lo.
Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press,
c2013.
This is the first ethnographic study of lala (lesbian, bisexual, and transgender) communities and politics in China, focusing on the city of Shanghai. Based on several years of in-depth interviews, 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. Lucetta Yip Lo Kam reads discourses on homophobia in China, including the rhetoric of "Chinese tolerance" and considers the heteronormative demands imposed on tongzhi subjects. Sh
Description based upon print version of record.
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
This is the first ethnographic study of lala (lesbian, bisexual, and transgender) communities and politics in China, focusing on the city of Shanghai. Based on several years of in-depth interviews, 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. Lucetta Yip Lo Kam reads discourses on homophobia in China, including the rhetoric of "Chinese tolerance" and considers the heteronormative demands imposed on tongzhi subjects. Sh
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Homophobia
Transgender people
Bisexual women
Lesbians