Conditional spaces :: Hong Kong lesbian desires and everyday life /

Dense living conditions in Hong Kong do not provide much privacy for lesbians and other sexual minorities living with their families. As a result, lesbians often locate alternative spaces to develop support networks with other women. Others reject the notion of lesbian spaces and instead assert thei...

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1. Verfasser: Tang, Denise Tse-Shang (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2011.
Schriftenreihe:Queer Asia.
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Zusammenfassung:Dense living conditions in Hong Kong do not provide much privacy for lesbians and other sexual minorities living with their families. As a result, lesbians often locate alternative spaces to develop support networks with other women. Others reject the notion of lesbian spaces and instead assert their visibility in different aspects of everyday life. Based on life history interviews with several dozen lesbians living in Hong Kong, this book maps the complex relations between personal subjectivities and spatialities as they emerge and interact with various social justice movements and alternativ.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiii, 194 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-190) and index.
ISBN:9789888053797
9888053795
9789888083015
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9789888083022
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