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• Backward Glances

  Contemporary Chinese Cultures and the Female Homoerotic Imaginary

  Martin, Fran, 1971-

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  Martin examines lesbian romantic/erotic imagery in print, film, and television, focusing on the popularity of schoolgirl love stories in Chinese culture.

• Conditional Spaces

  Hong Kong Lesbian Desires and Everyday Life

  Tang, Denise Tse-Shang

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  Tang examines the lives of women with same-sex desires, including transgender lesbian women in Hong Kong and the surrounding area.

• Gaysia

  Adventures in the Queer East

  Law, Benjamin, 1982-

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  Law, an Australian writer, sets out to explore gay life in different parts of Asia, from sex resorts in Bali, to sham marriages in China, sex workers in Burma, and more.

• Gender Diversity in Indonesia

  Sexuality, Islam and Queer Selves

  Davies, Sharyn Graham

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  Davies examines the broad range of gender diversity throughout Indonesia, and particularly in context with Muslim religion. (See also "Gender on the Edge: Transgender, Gay, and Other Pacific Islanders" 306.768 G2853).

• Imagining Gay Paradise

  Bali, Bangkok, and cyber-Singapore

  Atkins, Gary, 1949-

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  Atkins explores the historical conceptualization of Southeast Asia as a gay paradise by Westerners.

• Kawa

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  Based on a novel by the writer of "Whale Rider," this film explores the familial handing over of leadership between a father and his closeted, married gay son.

• The Libertine's Friend

  Homosexuality and Masculinity in Late Imperial China

  Vitiello, Giovanni

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  Vitiello looks at iconic characters such as the libertine scholar, the chivalric hero, and the lustful monk, shedding light on issues including the social and legal boundaries that regulated sex between men, the rise of male prostitution, and the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Queer Indigenous Studies

  Critical Interventions in Theory, Politics, and Literature

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  A multidisciplinary look at queer indigenous cultures from the Americas to the Pacific.

• Queer Politics and Sexual Modernity in Taiwan

  Huang, Hans Tao-Ming

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  Huang looks at the unfolding relation between queer and national culture, and reveals the layered connections between homosexuality, prostitution, and feminism.

• Queer Voices From Japan

  First-person Narratives From Japan's Sexual Minorities

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  This anthology of first-person narratives provides both an historical and contemporary look at the experience of being LGBT in Japan.

• Restoried Selves

  Autobiographies of Queer Asian-Pacific American Activists

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  Twenty activists write about growing up queer, and about what led them to activism.

• Sexual Encounters

  Pacific Texts, Modern Sexualities

  Wallace, Lee, 1962-

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  In discussing homosexuality and male-to-female transgender experience in Samoa, Wallace challenges the stereotypical view of the Pacific Island nations as source of libertine heterosexual opportunity.

• Shanghai Lalas

  Female Tongzhi Communities and Politics in Urban China

  Kam, Lucetta Yip Lo,

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  Alternating between the author's own experiences and her ethnographic research, readers are introduced to lesbian, bisexual, and transgender life in Shanghai.

• Under Bright Lights

  Gay Manila and the Global Scene

  Benedicto, Bobby, 1982-

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  The glitz of gay Manila can't obscure the poverty and decaying society, and in fact reinforces class, racial, and gender hierarchies of in the Philippines.

• Western Queers in China

  Flight to the Land of Oz

  Mungello, D. E. (David Emil), 1943-

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  Twenty-some gay men are known to have moved from Europe and North America to China, in the hope of finding, or creating, a safe haven. Mungello examines their relations with Chinese men: their friendships, intellectual connections, and their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Women's Sexualities and Masculinities in a Globalizing Asia

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  This collection of essays examines the growth of masculine/feminine lesbian relationships in the context of increased globalization. Winner of the Ruth Benedict Award. (See also "Toms and Dees: Transgender Identity and Female Same-sex Relationships…Read moreRead more of this annotation