Tongzhi living : men attracted to men in postsocialist China / Tiantian Zheng.

Author/Creator:

Zheng, Tiantian author.

Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2015]

Format/Description:

Book
244 pages ; 23 cm

Subjects:

Gay men -- China.
Homosexuality -- China.
Men -- Sexual behavior -- China.
Men -- China -- Attitudes.
Heterosexual men -- China.
Heterosexual men.
Men -- Attitudes.
Men -- Sexual behavior.
China.

Medical subjects:

Homosexuality, Male.
HIV Infections -- prevention & control0.
Homophobia.
Safe Sex.

Contents:

Introduction: a walk in the park
A cultural history of same-sex desire in China
Popular perceptions of homosexuality in postsocialist China
The 1s and the 0s : defining, socializing, and disciplining gender roles in the Tongzhi community
The normal postsocialist subject : class, wealth, and money boys
Organizing against HIV in China
Embracing the heterosexual norm : the double lives of Tongzhi
Safe sex among men : condoms, promiscuity, and HIV
Conclusion: maybe not marriage : a future free of the closet
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780816691999
0816691991
9780816692002
0816692009

OCLC:

898029169

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