Keywords in Queer Sinophone Studies (Routledge Contemporary China Series)

Thông tin sách: Keywords in Queer Sinophone Studies (Routledge Contemporary China Series) (Paperback, 246 trang) – Routledge, 2021. Ngôn ngữ: Tiếng Anh.

This volume showcases a vibrant wave of scholarship that explores the intersection of queer theory and Sinophone studies, consolidating an interdisciplinary framework for furthering transnational research into non-conforming genders, sexualities and bodies.

Engaging with contemporary debates and controversies, Keywords in Queer Sinophone Studies presents a definitive collection of original contributions, which are both theoretically and empirically grounded and cross-disciplinary in nature. Individual chapters offer an in-depth study of new empirical data and case studies, covering keywords such as transpacific, viscerality, fandom, postcoloniality, ethnicity and activism.

Imagining new conversations across several fields, including literature, film, communication, ethnic studies, anthropology, history, sociology and politics, this book will appeal to students and scholars of Queer Studies and Asian culture, literature and film, as well as gender and sexuality.

Editorial Reviews About the Author

Howard Chiang is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Davis, USA. He is the author of After Eunuchs: Science, Medicine, and the Transformation of Sex in Modern China and co-editor of Queer Sinophone Cultures.

Alvin K. Wong is Assistant Professor in Comparative Literature at the University of Hong Kong. His research covers Hong Kong culture, Sinophone studies, and queer theory.