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  • Later Life, Sex and Intimacy in the Majority World

    by Sheren El Feki, Selma Hajri, Anushkaa Arora, Sally Anne Param, Travis Kong, Barry Lee, Madeline Burns, Marcus Kissoon, Cuauhtemoc Sanchez, Nafhesa Ali ...
    Series series Sex and Intimacy in Later Life
    Literature on sex, intimacy and sexuality in later life has been heavily influenced by perspectives from more affluent regions, perpetuating the belief that the West is more sexually progressive and liberal than other cultures.This book challenges this belief by exploring diverse cultures and perspectives from the majority world, which are often overlooked. It highlights the importance of learning ... Read more

    $41.59 CAD

  • Oral Histories of Older Gay Men in Hong Kong

    Unspoken but Unforgotten

    by Travis S. K. Kong ...
    Series Book 18 - Queer Asia
    “This is very personal and private, but I’ve told you everything.” Old Chan thus gives voice to the attitude expressed in all thirteen stories told in this intimate oral history of life at the margins of Hong Kong society, stories punctuated by laughter, joy, happiness, and pride, as well as tears, anger, remorse, shame, and guilt.Illustrated with photos, letters, and other images, Oral Histories ... Read more

    $30.79 CAD

  • Sexuality and the Rise of China

    The Post-1990s Gay Generation in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Mainland China

    by Travis S. K. Kong ...
    In Sexuality and the Rise of China Travis S. K. Kong examines the changing meanings of same-sex identities, communities, and cultures for young Chinese gay men in contemporary Hong Kong, Taiwan, and mainland China. Drawing on ninety life stories, Kong’s transnational queer sociological approach shows the complex interplay between personal biography and the dramatically changing social institutions ... Read more

    $28.59 CAD

  • Chinese Male Homosexualities

    Memba, Tongzhi and Golden Boy

    by Travis S. K. Kong ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary China Series
    This book presents a groundbreaking exploration of masculinities and homosexualities amongst Chinese gay men. It provides a sociological account of masculinity, desire, sexuality, identity and citizenship in contemporary Chinese societies, and within the constellation of global culture.Kong reports the results of an extensive ethnographic study of contemporary Chinese gay men in a wide range of ... Read more

    $114.04 CAD

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    The Case of Post-1991 Albanian Migration

    by Ermira Danaj ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This open access book focuses on Albanian internal and international female migration and places gender at the heart of postsocialist transformation. It explores the vulnerabilities that arise for female citizens from the contradictory policies produced by the Albanian state. By illuminating the intersection of gender and migration, it shows how Albanian women are likely to embed themselves in ... Read more

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  • Shanghai Lalas

    by Hong Kong University Press ...
    This is the first ethnographic study of lala (lesbian, bisexual, and transgender) communities and politics in China, focusing on the city of Shanghai. Based on several years of in-depth interviews, the volume concentrates on lalas’ everyday struggle to reconcile same-sex desire with a dominant rhetoric of family harmony and compulsory marriage, all within a culture denying women’s active and ... Read more

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  • Policing Sexuality

    Sex, Society, and the State

    by Julian C. H. Lee ...
    Policing Sexuality explores the regulation of sexual behaviour and identity by nation states, and questions how and why states have sought to influence and control the sexuality of its citizens.Julian C. H. Lee presents both theoretical and ethnographic literature, distilling common themes and causes and presenting factors that contribute towards a state's desire to control both the sexual ... Read more

    $37.09 CAD

  • Tongzhi

    Politics of Same-Sex Eroticism in Chinese Societies

    by Edmond J Coleman, Wah-Shan Chou ...
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  • Towards Gender Equality in Law

    An Analysis of State Failures from a Global Perspective

    Edited by Gizem Guney, David Davies, Po-Han Lee ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This Open Access book aims to find out how and why states in various regions and of diverse cultural backgrounds fail in their gender equality laws and policies. In doing this, the book maps out states’ failures in their legal systems and unpacks the clashes between different levels and forms of law—namely domestic laws, local regulations, or the implementation of international law, individually ... Read more

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  • Sex and Sexuality in China

    Edited by Elaine Jeffreys ...
    Series series Routledge Studies on China in Transition
    Elaine Jeffreysexplores the issues of sex and sexuality in a non-Western context by examining debates surrounding the emergence of new sexual behaviours, and the appropriate nature of their regulation, in the People's Republic of China. Commissioned from Western and mainland Chinese scholars of sex and sexuality in China, the chapters in this volume are marked by a diversity of subject material ... Read more

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  • New Masters, New Servants

    Migration, Development, and Women Workers in China

    by Hairong Yan ...
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  • Intercultural Communication & Ideology

    SAGE Publications

    by Adrian Holliday ...
    Taking on issues normally left in the margins, Intercultural Communication and Ideology revises the way we think of intercultural communication by insisting that we consider its ideological component. In this brilliant and engaging book about culture and the interstices that comprise the grounds for our interactions, Adrian Holliday shows us the necessity for a cosmopolitan process that expands ... Read more

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