Queer China : Lesbian and Gay Literature and Visual Culture under Postsocialism (Hardcover)

Introduction: Queer China, Postsocialist Metamorphosis Part I. Queer Emergence 1. Imagining Modernity: The (Re-)Emergence of Homosexuality 2. Women 50 Minutes: In Search of Queer Women’s Spaces Part II. Queer Becoming 3. Beijing Story: Becoming Gay in Postsocialist China 4. Pink Affairs: Narrating Desire in A Girls Love Fan Fiction Part III. Queer Urban Space 5. ‘New Beijing, New Marriage’: Performing Same-Sex Wedding in Central Beijing 6. The Forgotten Critical Realism: Reification of Desire in Mu Cao’s Poetry Part IV. Queer Migration 7. ‘Shanghai is Burning’: Becoming Trans in a Global City 8. Life of a Butterfly: Subjectivation and Autonomy in Xiyadie’s Papercutting Art Conclusion