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9789888083084

Queer Modernity and Sexual Identity in Taiwan

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  • ISBN13:

    9789888083084

  • ISBN10:

    9888083082

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-08-01
  • Publisher: Hong Kong Univ Pr

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Summary

This book analyzes the critical reception of Pai Hsien-yung's Crystal Boys, one of Taiwan's first recognized gay novels and one which has played an important role in redefining sexual modernity and linking this to ongoing cultural dialogues on state-building. It examines the deployment of sexuality over the past five decades in Taiwan by paying particular attention to male homosexuality and prostitution. In addition to literary and film material, the study engages a number of relevant legal cases and media reports. Through Hans Huang's primary research and historical investigations, the book not only illuminates the construction of gendered sexual identities in Taiwanese culture but also, in a reflexive fashion, critiques the culture that produces them. Hans Tao-Ming Huangis assistant professor in the English Department, National Central University, Taiwan.

Author Biography

Hans Tao-Ming Huang is an assistant professor in the English Department of National Central University, Taiwan, where he is also affiliated with the Centre for the Study of Sexualities.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgementsp. vii
Introductionp. 1
Mental Hygiene and the Regime of Sexuality: The Case of The Man Who Escapes Marriagep. 31
Prostitution, Perversion and AIDS: The Secrets of the 'Glass Clique'p. 53
State Power, Prostitution and Sexual Order: Towards a Genealogical Critique of 'Virtuous Custom'p. 83
From Glass Clique to Tongzhi Nation: Crystal Boys, Identity Formation and Politics of Sexual Shamep. 113
Modernising Gender, Civilising Sex: State Feminism and Perverse Imaginationp. 143
Mourning the Monogamous Ideal: Anti-Prostitution Feminism, Conjugal Sentimentality and the Formation of Melancholic Sexual Modernityp. 173
Epiloguep. 201
Notesp. 207
Glossary of Special Names and Termsp. 239
Bibliographyp. 247
Indexp. 271
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