Conditional spaces : Hong Kong lesbian desires and everyday life / Denise Tse-Shang Tang.

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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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Tang, Denise Tse-Shang (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2011.
Series:Queer Asia.
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 194 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-190) and index.
ISBN:9789888053797
9888053795
9789888083015
9888083015
9789888083022
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Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.