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- Queer Politics and Sexual Modernity inTaiwan
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: Hong Kong University Press, HKU
- Series: Queer Asia
summary
This book analyses the critical reception of Pai Hsien-yung’s Crystal Boys, one of Taiwan’s first recognized gay novels, and one which has played an important role in redefining sexual modernity and linking this to ongoing cultural dialogues on state building. It examines the deployment of sexuality over the past five decades in Taiwan by paying particular attention to male homosexuality and prostitution. In addition to literary and film material, the study engages a number of relevant legal cases and media reports. Through Hans Huang’s primary research and historical investigations, the book not only illuminates the construction of gendered sexual identities in Taiwanese culture but also, in a reflexive fashion, critiques the culture that produces them.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgements
- p. vii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-29
- Glossary of Special Names and Terms
- pp. 239-246
- Bibliography
- pp. 247-269
Additional Information
ISBN
9789888053803
Related ISBN(s)
9789888083077
MARC Record
OCLC
768111355
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No