Transgender China
Howard . Ed(S): Chiang
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Description for Transgender China
Paperback. This volume brings together experts with diverse disciplinary backgrounds in the China field, from cultural studies to history to musicology, to make a timely intervention--from the historical demise of enuchism to male cross-dressing shows in contemporary Taiwan--to inaugurate a subfield in Chinese transgender studies. Editor(s): Chiang, Howard. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5; HBJF; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
This volume brings together experts with diverse disciplinary backgrounds in the China field, from cultural studies to history to musicology, to make a timely intervention—from the historical demise of enuchism to male cross-dressing shows in contemporary Taiwan—to inaugurate a subfield in Chinese transgender studies.
This volume brings together experts with diverse disciplinary backgrounds in the China field, from cultural studies to history to musicology, to make a timely intervention—from the historical demise of enuchism to male cross-dressing shows in contemporary Taiwan—to inaugurate a subfield in Chinese transgender studies.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349343201
SKU
V9781349343201
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Howard . Ed(S): Chiang
DANIEL BURTON-ROSE PhD student in East Asian Studies at Princeton University, USA PUI KEI ELEANOR CHEUNG Researcher and activist for LGBT issues in Hong Kong HOWARD CHIANG Assistant Professor of Modern Chinese History at the University of Warwick, UK LARISSA N. HEINRICH Associate Professor of Literature at the University of California, San Diego, USA HELEN HOK-SZE LEUNG Associate Professor of ... Read more
Reviews for Transgender China
"Just as transgender keeps open a radical space to rethink gender norms and variances in gay and lesbian studies, transgender in the context of China keeps open a radical space to reconsider Western assumptions about sex, sexuality, identity, and embodiment. Chiang's marvelous collection queers all these fields and areas in unexpected and compelling ways." - David L. Eng, Department of ... Read more