Obsession: Male Same-Sex Relations in China, 1900-1950

by Wenging Kang and Wenqing Kang

Book Overview

This is the most serious study to date on the topic of male same-sex relations in China during the early twentieth century, illuminating male same-sex relations in many sites language, translated sexological writings, literary works, tabloid newspapers, and opera. Documenting how nationalism and colonial modernity reconfigured Chinese discourses on sex between men in the early twentieth century, Wenqing Kang has amassed a wealth of material previously...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9622099815
• ISBN13: 9789622099814
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"