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História Social Contemporânea: 1808-2000
by António Costa Pinto Nuno Gonçalo MonteiroUm retrato analítico e cronologicamente fundamentado da história social contemporânea portuguesa. Indispensável para compreender o passado e o presente do país. Ao longo da época contemporânea, sobretudo do século XX, foi aos indicadores sobre a sociedade que mais se recorreu quando se pretendeu destacar o "atraso" ou desfasamento português face a outros países europeus. Invocava-se então a elevadíssima mortalidade infantil, as altas taxas de analfabetismo ou a persistente emigração para identificar as arrastadas maleitas portuguesas, cuja responsabilidade se atribuía, sobretudo, ao regime político, em particular ao Estado Novo.Este volume procura responder a essas interrogações, oferecendo um retrato analítico e cronologicamente fundamentado da história social contemporânea portuguesa, cujos primórdios foram marcados pelo colapso imperial, pela independência do Brasil e pela vitória do liberalismo em 1834, depois de arrastados conflitos. Tratou-se não apenas de uma rutura política, mas também do triunfo de uma nova conceção da organização da sociedade. Os contextos e limites da sua concretização, bem como as reações que suscitou, constituem, em boa medida, a matéria tratada neste volume.Ao longo de cinco capítulos, debatem-se os impactos sociais das mudanças políticas ou, mais exatamente, de que forma se combinaram com as transformações e as continuidades na sociedade portuguesa. História Social Contemporânea: Portugal 1808-2000, um projeto conjunto da editora Objectiva, uma chancela da Penguin Random House, e da Fundação Mapfre, conta com a coordenação e organização dos professores António Costa Pinto e Nuno Gonçalo Monteiro, ambos investigadores na área de História no Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa (ICS-UL). Ete volume conta ainda com a participação dos professores Jorge M. Pedreira professor da Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, António José Telo, professor catedrático na Academia Militar de Lisboa, Álvaro Garrido, docente da Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra e investigador do Centro de Estudos Interdisciplinares do Século XX da mesma Universidade, e António Barreto, investigador emérito do Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa e ex-presidente da Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos.
Fábrica de Mentiras: Viagem ao mundo das fake news
by Paulo PenaUma viagem chocante e reveladora ao mundo das fake news. Uma reflexão importante sobre o jornalismo e a sua função mediadora na sociedade, contra a manipulação, o ódio e a mentira. «A desinformação é um processo, uma sequência de actos concebidos por alguém com o objectivo de manipular as convicções do maior número possível de pessoas.» Um pouco por todo o mundo, as infames fake news têm-se revelado um verdadeiro entrave à democracia e uma incubadora de ódio social. Seja no Brexit, na eleição de Trump ou de Jair Bolsonaro, o efeito da desinformação e das mentiras propagadas como se notícias fossem pode ter sido determinante para decidir o voto de muitos eleitores. Em Portugal, onde 63% das pessoas afirmam receber as notícias que as mantêm informadas através das redes sociais, mentiras meticulosamente plantadas no mural certo, à hora certa podem fazer a diferença num momento decisivo. Mas como chegámos aqui? Quem fabrica estas «notícias» e por que o faz? Numa investigação de fôlego em coordenação com organismos internacionais, o premiado jornalista Paulo Pena lança-se numa viagem aos bastidores das fake news, nacionais e internacionais, para nos mostrar que a era da desinformação chegou e que está nas nossas mãos combatê-la. Sobre o trabalho do autor: «Ao serviço do Diário de Notícias, o jornalista de investigação Paulo Pena levou a cabo uma investigação meticulosa onde expõe as ligações de algumas notícias falsas e sites de desinformação a plataformas de redes sociais, bem como os métodos utilizados e quem os financia.»Oxford Reuters Intitute, relatório anual de 2019 «Um recente trabalho de investigação jornalística (novembro 2018) levado a efeito pelo Diário de Notícias, e seguido por outros órgãos de comunicação social, teve por motivação identificar sítios onlinededicados à produção de notícias falsas, bem como as suas páginas correspondentes na rede social Facebook. Expôs ainda as motivações de alguns deles, bem como alguns esquemas de financiamento utilizados por este tipo de criadores de conteúdos. A partir deste retrato foi possível criar uma ideia acerca do alcance e potencial de circulação que este tipo de produtores de conteúdos atingem na rede social que em Portugal é mais utilizada pelos cidadãos para se informarem, conforme indicam a estudo mencionado acima.»Entidade Reguladora para Comunicação Social, no relatório A Desinformação - contexto europeu e nacional «Em Janeiro de 2018, alarmada com a disseminação de desinformação em torno do referendo britânico ao Brexit e as consequências da corrida russa ao Facebook durante as eleições de 2016 nos EUA, a União Europeia convocou um grupo de trabalho de "alto nível" cheio de especialistas dos media e da academia - assim como representantes da Google, Facebooke Twitter - para analisar o problema e recomendar soluções. No outono passado, esse grupo criou um "código de práticas" acordado, incluindo um compromisso de tornar a publicidade política mais transparente. Mas, segundo uma pesquisa do Investigate Europe, as propostas foram diluídas depois de o Facebook e a Google pressionarem, nos bastidores, os membros do grupo.»Columbia Journalism Review
Vozes de Chernobyl: História de Um Desastre Nuclear
by Svetlana AlexiévichVozes de Chernobyl é a obra mais aclamada de Svetlana Alexievich, Prémio Nobel de Literatura 2015, tida como o seu trabalho mais duro e impactante. A 26 de abril de 1986, Chernobyl foi palco do pior desastre nuclear de sempre. As autoridades soviéticas esconderam a gravidade dos factos da população e da comunidade internacional, e tentaram controlar os danos enviando milhares de homens mal equipados e impreparados para o vórtice radioativo em que se transformara a região. O acidente acabou por contaminar quase três quartos da Europa. Numa prosa pungente e desarmante, Svetlana Alexievich dá voz a centenas de pessoas que viveram a tragédia: desde cidadãos comuns, bombeiros e médicos, que sentiram na pele as violentas consequências do desastre, até às forças do regime soviético que tentaram esconder o ocorrido. Os testemunhos, resultantes de mais de 500 entrevistas realizadas pela autora, são apresentados através de monólogos tecidos entre sicom notável sensibilidade, apesar da disparidade e dos fortes contrastes que separam estas vozes. Vozes de Chernobyl, livro vencedor do prestigiado National Book Critics Circle Award, é uma das obras mais aclamadas de Svetlana Alexievich, e tida como o seu trabalho mais duro e impactante. «Uma grande escritora que utiliza as entrevistas como matéria-prima para construir textos empolgantes sobre a condição humana.» Miguel Esteves Cardoso, Público «Em que categoria enquadrar Svetlana Alexievich? Reportagem? Testemunho documental? Ensaio jornalístico? Romance de não-ficção? É literatura em carne viva.» José Carlos Fernandes, Time Out «Se o leitor tem curiosidade sobre o futuro, sugiro que leia este livro com caráter de urgência. A Chernobyl de Alexievich é um lugar de extremos e do desconhecido, palco das consequências da tecnologia.» The Telegraph
Os Judeus Não Contam: Como as Políticas Identitárias Deixaram Ficar Mal uma Identidade em Particular
by David BaddielComo as políticas identitárias falharam com uma identidade em particular Vivemos num momento de intensa consciencialização sobre as minorias, em que pessoas que consideram estar do lado certo da História lutam ativamente contra formas de discriminação como a homofobia, a deficiência, a transfobia e, sobretudo, o racismo. David Baddiel defende, porém, que há um tipo de racismo que tem sido deixado de fora dessa luta: o antissemitismo. Neste livro, numa brilhante combinação de observações perspicazes, experiências pessoais e críticas acutilantes, o famoso comediante e escritor apresenta a sua perspetiva sobre como as políticas identitárias e não discriminatórias têm falhado com uma identidade em particular e descreve como os judeus não contam como uma verdadeira minoria - e por que motivo deveriam contar. Um pequeno ensaio sociopolítico que convida a uma reflexão sobre a desigualdade no tratamento das minorias. «Uma crítica convincente e devastadora.» The Sunday Times
Domínio: Como o Cristianismo Transformou o Pensamento Ocidental
by Tom HollandUm livro fundamental que mostra como a revolução cristã mudou o mundo O Cristianismo é o legado mais influente e duradouro da Antiguidade, e o seu surgimento constitui a revolução mais radical da história do Ocidente. O impacto da religião cristã deixou a sua marca em todos os campos do desenvolvimento humano. Consequentemente, apesar do número crescente de pessoas que abandonam esta fé na atualidade, viver num país moderno é viver numa sociedade cujos instintos e tradições têm profundas raízes cristãs. Neste livro, o historiador Tom Holland relata como chegámos ao presente e como a mente ocidental foi moldada num contexto histórico mais amplo. Numa análise reveladora que se estende desde a invasão persa da Grécia em 480 a. C. até às atuais crises migratórias na Europa, o autor explica por que motivo o Cristianismo foi e é uma força revolucionária e de que modo transformou radicalmente o que significa ser humano. «Se os grandes livros nos encorajam aolhar para o mundo de um modo completamente novo, então Domínio é, sem dúvida, um grande livro.» The Sunday Times
Não É Só Sangue: Uma Conversa Sobre o Ciclo Menstrual
by Patrícia LemosO ciclo menstrual é reflexo da sua saúde. Aprenda o que o seu corpo lhe está a querer dizer. Além das questões menstruais, o livro ajudará as mulheres a compreender o importante conceito de literacia de corpo: que se traduz na capacidade de interpretarmos os sinais que o corpo nos dá e capacitar-nos no sentido de nos permitir tornarmo-nos uma autoridade nos nossos próprios assuntos. Porque é que precisa de um livro sobre ciclo menstrual? O mais provável é que seja diferente do que aquilo que lhe contaram. Para algumas pessoas, a menstruação é a chatice que aparece de quando em vez; para outras, não incomoda assim tanto. Mas para todas as pessoas que menstruam: o ciclo menstrual é informação. Patrícia Lemos, educadora para a saúde menstrual e fertilidade, ajuda-nos a compreender o nosso ciclo menstrual e a olhá-lo como um indicador de saúde, sempre — e não apenas quando se pensa em ter bebés. Neste livro, descobrirá que:· No ciclo menstrual, o mais importante é invisível aos olhos. · Ovular faz-nos falta, mesmo quando não queremos engravidar. · A expressão do período (cor, consistência, cheiro, duração) fornece pistas sobre a nossa saúde.· Num pico de fertilidade, as probabilidades de conceção são de cerca de 20% a 25% a cada ciclo. · A TPM tem tratamento, e não é suposto existir. · A síndrome dos ovários poliquísticos é uma condição crónica, não se cura com a pílula e não se diagnostica apenas com uma ecografia.· A endometriose é uma condição de saúde séria e estrogénio-dependente. · Infertilidade e subfertilidade são coisas distintas.
O Salto Social: A Nova Ciência Evolutiva Sobre Quem Somos, de Onde Vimos e o Que Nos Faz Felizes
by William von HippelUm olhar novo e provocador à nossa espécie que fornece novas pistas sobre quem somos, porque fazemos o que fazemos e como podemos viver uma boa vida. Um olhar novo e provocador sobre a nossa espécie. A psicologia humana está repleta de contradições: esforçamo-nos para alcançar os nossos objetivos, mas quando somos bem-sucedidos, a nossa felicidade é passageira. Desejamos que os nossos amigos tenham uma boa vida, mas sentimos inveja se for boa demais. Reclamamos de chefes difíceis, mas não costumamos ser melhores quando assumimos a liderança. Estas incoerências podem parecer irracionais, mas cada uma é fruto da evolução com o propósito de servir uma função vital nas nossas vidas. De facto, os aspetos mais fundamentais da nossa psicologia foram moldados permanentemente pelo «salto social» que os nossos antepassados deram ao migrarem da floresta tropical para a savana. Na sua luta pela sobrevivência, deram prioridade ao trabalho em equipa e à sociabilidade em detrimento das proezas físicas, criando um tipo inteiramente novo de inteligência. Mesclando antropologia, biologia, história e psicologia com ciência evolutiva, O Salto Social é um olhar novo e provocador à nossa espécie que fornece novas pistas sobre quem somos, porque fazemos o que fazemos e como podemos viver uma boa vida. Os elogios da crítica: «Esqueça os bens materiais. A chave da felicidade pode estar onde menos espera. Repleto de conhecimento sobre o caráter humano, este livro faz-nos refletir sobre o que verdadeiramente importa.» — Kirkus Reviews
The First Chinese American
by Scott D. SeligmanChinese in America endured abuse and discrimination in the late nineteenth century, but they had a leader and a fighter in Wong Chin Foo (1847-1898), whose story is a forgotten chapter in the struggle for equal rights in America. <P><P>The first to use the term 'Chinese American,' Wong defended his compatriots against malicious scapegoating and urged them to become Americanized to win their rights. A trailblazer and a born showman who proclaimed himself China's first Confucian missionary to the United States, he founded America's first association of Chinese voters and testified before Congress to get laws that denied them citizenship repealed. <P><P>Wong challenged Americans to live up to the principles they freely espoused but failed to apply to the Chinese in their midst. This evocative biography is the first book-length account of the life and times of one of America's most famous Chinese - and one of its earliest campaigners for racial equality.
Buying Beauty
by Wen HuaCosmetic surgery in China has grown rapidly in recent years of dramatic social transition. Facing fierce competition in all spheres of daily life, more and more women consider cosmetic surgery as an investment to gain "beauty capital" to increase opportunities for social and career success. Building on rich ethnographic data, this book presents the perspectives of women who have undergone cosmetic surgery, illuminating the aspirations behind their choices. The author explores how turbulent economic, socio-cultural and political changes in China since the 1980s have produced immense anxiety that is experienced by women both mentally and physically. This book will appeal to readers who are interested in gender studies, China studies, anthropology and sociology of the body, and cultural studies.
Pacific Crossing
by Elizabeth SinnDuring the nineteenth century tens of thousands of Chinese men and women crossed the Pacific to work, trade, and settle in California. Drawn initially by the gold rush, they took with them skills and goods and a view of the world which, though still Chinese, was transformed by their long journeys back and forth. They in turn transformed Hong Kong, their main point of embarkation, from a struggling infant colony into a prosperous international port and the cultural center of a far-ranging Chinese diaspora. Making use of extensive research in archives around the world, Pacific Crossing charts the rise of Chinese Gold Mountain firms engaged in all kinds of transpacific trade, especially the lucrative export of prepared opium and other luxury goods. Challenging the traditional view that the migration was primarily a "coolie trade," Elizabeth Sinn uncovers leadership and agency among the many Chinese who made the crossing. In presenting Hong Kong as an "in-between place" of repeated journeys and continuous movement, Sinn also offers a fresh view of the British colony and a new paradigm for migration studies.
Lao She in London
by Anne WitchardLao She remains revered as one of China's great modern writers. His life and work have been the subject of volumes of critique, analysis and study. However, the four years the young aspiring writer spent in London between 1924 and 1929 have largely been overlooked. Dr Anne Witchard, a specialist in the modernist milieu of London between the wars, reveals Lao She's encounter with British high modernism and literature from Dickens to Conrad to Joyce. Lao She arrived from his native Peking to the whirl of London's West End scene - Bloomsburyites, Vorticists, 'avant-gardists' of every stripe, Ezra Pound and the cabaret at the Cave of The Golden Calf. Immersed in the West End 1920s world of risque flappers, the tabloid sensation of England's 'most infamous Chinaman Brilliant Chang' and Anna May Wong's scandalous film 'Piccadilly', simultaneously Lao She spent time in the notorious and much sensationalised East End Chinatown of Limehouse. Out of his experiences came his great novel of London Chinese life and tribulations - 'Mr Ma and Son: Two Chinese in London' ('Er Ma', 1929). However, as Witchard reveals, Lao She's London years affected his writing and ultimately the course of Chinese modernism in far more profound ways.
Knowledge Is Pleasure
by Lindsay ShenFlorence Ayscough - poet, translator, Sinologist, Shanghailander, avid collector, pioneering photographer and early feminist champion of women's rights in China. Ayscough's modernist translations of the classical poets still command respect, her ethnographic studies of the lives of Chinese women still engender feminist critiques over three quarters of a century later and her collections of Chinese ceramics and 'objets' now form an important part of several American museum's Asian art collections. Raised in Shanghai in an archetypal Shanghailander family in the late nineteenth century, Ayscough was to become anything but a typical foreigner in China. Encouraged by the New England poet Amy Lowell, she was to become a much sought after translator in the early years of the new century, not least for her radical interpretations of the Tang-dynasty poet Tu Fu. She later moved on to record China and particularly Chinese women using the new technology of photography, turn the Royal Asiatic Society's Shanghai library into the best on the China Coast and build several impressive collections featuring textiles, Ming and Qing ceramics. By the time of her death Florence Ayscough has left a legacy of collection and scholarship unrivalled by any other foreign woman in China before or since. In this biography, Lindsay Shen recovers Ayscough for posterity and returns her to us as a woman of amazing intellectual vibrancy and strength.
Islam in Hong Kong
by Paul O'ConnorMore than a quarter of a million Muslims live and work in Hong Kong. Among them are descendants of families who have been in the city for generations, recent immigrants from around the world, and growing numbers of migrant workers. Islam in Hong Kong explores the lives of Muslims as ethnic and religious minorities in this unique post-colonial Chinese city. Drawing on interviews with Muslims of different origins, O'Connor builds a detailed picture of daily life through topical chapters on language, space, religious education, daily prayers, maintaining a halal diet in a Chinese environment, racism, and other subjects. Although the picture that emerges is complex and ambiguous, one striking conclusion is that Muslims in Hong Kong generally find acceptance as a community and do not consider themselves to be victimised because of their religion.
Scottish Mandarin
by Shiona AirlieColonial administrator, writer, explorer, Buddhist, and friend to China's last emperor, Sir Reginald Johnston (1874-1938) was a distinguished sinologist with a tangled love and family life that he kept secret even from his closest friends. Born and educated in Edinburgh, he began his career in the colony of Hong Kong and eventually became Commissioner of the remote British leased territory of Weihai in northern China. He travelled widely and, during a break from colonial service, served as tutor and advisor to Puyi, the deposed emperor. As the only foreigner allowed to work in the Forbidden City, he wrote the classic account of the last days of the Qing Dynasty--Twilight in the Forbidden City'.
Shanghai Lalas: Female Tongzhi Communities and Politics in Urban China
by Lucetta Yip Lo KamThis 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 'lala's' 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 legitimate sexual agency. Lucetta Yip Lo Kam reads discourses on homophobia in China, including the rhetoric of 'Chinese tolerance' and considers the heteronormative demands imposed on 'tongzhi' subjects. She treats 'the politics of public correctness' as a newly emerging 'tongzhi' practice developed from the culturally specific, Chinese forms of regulation that inform 'tongzhi' survival strategies and self-identification.
Queer Singapore: Illiberal Citizenship and Mediated Cultures
by Audrey Yue Jun Zubillaga-PowSingapore remains one of the few countries in Asia that has yet to decriminalise homosexuality. Yet it has also been hailed by many as one of the emerging gay capitals of Asia. This book accounts for the rise of mediated queer cultures in Singapore's current milieu of illiberal citizenship. This collection analyses how contemporary queer Singapore has emerged against a contradictory backdrop of sexual repression and cultural liberalisation. Using the innovative framework of illiberal pragmatism, established and emergent local scholars and activists provide expansive coverage of the impact of homosexuality on Singapore's media cultures and political economy, including law, religion, the military, literature, theatre, photography, cinema, social media and queer commerce. It shows how new LGBT subjectivities have been fashioned through the governance of illiberal pragmatism, how pragmatism is appropriated as a form of social and critical democratic action, and how cultural citizenship is forged through a logic of queer complicity that complicates the flows of oppositional resistance and grassroots appropriation.
Liu Xiaobo, Charter 08 and the Challenges of Political Reform in China
by Jean-Philippe BejaIn December 2008 some 350 Chinese intellectuals published a manifesto calling for reform of the Chinese constitution and an end to one-party rule. Known as 'Charter 08,' the manifesto has since been signed by more than 10,000 people. One of its authors, Liu Xiaobo, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010 but has remained in prison since 2009 for subversive crimes. This collection of essays - the first of its kind in English - examines the trial of Liu Xiaobo, the significance and impact of Charter 08, and the prospects for reform in China. The essays include contributions from legal and political experts from around the world, an account of Liu's trial by his defence lawyers, and a passionate - and ultimately optimistic - account of resistance, repression and political change by the human rights lawyer Teng Biao.
Structure, Audience and Soft Power in East Asian Pop Culture
by Chua Beng HuatEast Asian pop culture can be seen as an integrated cultural economy emerging from the rise of Japanese and Korean pop culture as an influential force in the distribution and reception networks of Chinese language pop culture embedded in the ethnic Chinese diaspora. Taking Singapore as a locus of pan-Asian Chineseness, Chua Beng Huat provides detailed analysis of the fragmented reception process of transcultural audiences and the processes of audiences' formation and exercise of consumer power and engagement with national politics. In an era where exercise of military power is increasingly restrained, pop culture has become an important component of soft power diplomacy and transcultural collaborations in a region that is still haunted by colonization and violence. The author notes that the aspirations behind national governments' efforts to use popular culture is limited by the fragmented nature of audiences who respond differently to the same products; by the danger of backlash from other members of the importing country's population that do not consume the popular culture products in question; and by the efforts of the primary consuming country, the People's Republic of China to shape products through co-production strategies and other indirect modes of intervention.
Preventing Family Violence
by Ko-Ling ChanFamily violence, including intimate partner violence, elder abuse and child maltreatment, is a serious and deteriorating social problem. It may cause irreparable damage to the victim's physical and mental health, as well as social functioning, welfare, and legal status. Previous efforts to formulate preventive measures under different disciplines are often ineffective. This book is among the first attempts to integrate perspectives from different inter-related disciplines into the development of preventive strategies for family violence. Experts from health, legal, social work, sociology, and psychology have contributed to the multidisciplinary approach based on their professional discretion.
Contact Moments: The Politics of Intercultural Desire in Japanese Male-Queer Cultures
by Katsuhiko SuganumaThis book sheds light on 'contact moments' between Japanese male-queer culture and that of the West in the postwar period, and critiques various contemporary examples of persistent Orientalism and nativism. Focusing on a range of Japanese as well as English male-queer materials including magazines, memoirs and cybertexts, Suganuma shows how the interactions of the two cultures affected the subject formation process of queer selves. The instances examined range from the hentai magazines of the 1950s and their depiction of men who had sex with foreign men (mostly American servicemen); the depiction of race in the magazine Barazoku; John Whittier Treat's memoir of his sabbatical in Japan and his depiction of his own Orientalism; the writings and strategies of OCCUR and Fushimi in the 1990s; and the GJN news site. The author sees the depiction of and reaction to Japanese men who had sex with foreigners in the hentai magazines as part of a larger pattern of representation manifesting gender anxieties among Japanese men (both heterosexual and homosexual) who found themselves feminized by defeat in the war. He draws on Dyer's understanding of whiteness as a flexible default position in his discussion of Barazoku, but argues that in this case Japaneseness is the default position and whiteness is othered. In his final chapter, he argues for an understanding of the activities of GJN also as a space of mediation rather than simply as a wholesale importation of American or 'global gay' culture. Suganuma argues that the binaries of cross-cultural comparison (local/global, Japan/West, acts/identities, and us/them) can be generative and productive as well as repressive and reductive.
Imagining Gay Paradise: Bali, Bangkok, and Cyber-Singapore
by Gary L. AtkinsThis look at gay paradises in Southeast Asia and the men who created them considers the obstacles gay men have faced in securing a voice as citizens, and how they have used images of paradise in Bali, Bangkok, and Singapore to create a sense of refuge, construct homes for themselves, and dissent from typical notions of manhood and masculinity. It focuses on Walter Spies, a gay German painter; Khun Thc, who founded an architectural paradise called Babylon in Thailand during the reign of King Rama VI; and the "cyber-paradise" of Fridae. com created by a young Singaporean named Stuart Koe.
Troubling American Women
by Stacilee FordAmerican women have lived in Hong Kong, and in neighboring Macao, for nearly two centuries. Many were changed by their encounter with Chinese life and British colonialism. Their openness to new experiences set them apart, while their "pedagogical impulse" gave them a reputation for outspokenness that troubled others. Drawing on memoirs, diaries, newspapers, films, and other texts, Stacilee Ford tells the stories of several American women and explores how, through dramatically changing times, they communicated their notions of national identity and gender. Troubling American Womenis a lively and provocative study of cross-cultural encounters between the Hong Kong and the US and use of stereotypes of American womanhood in Hong Kong popular culture. Stacilee Fordhas lived in Hong Kong for 18 years. She teaches history and American studies at the University of Hong Kong.
Queer Politics and Sexual Modernity in Taiwan
by Hans Tao-Ming HuangThis book analyses 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.
Queer Bangkok: 21st Century Markets, Media, and Rights
by Peter A. JacksonThe Thai capital Bangkok is the unrivalled centre of the country's gay, lesbian and transgender communities. These communities are among the largest in Southeast Asia, and indeed in the world, and have a diversity, social presence and historical depth that set them apart from the queer cultures of many neighbouring societies. The first years of the 21st Century have marked a significant transition moment for all of Thailand's LGBT cultures, with a multidimensional expansion in the geographical extent, media presence, economic importance, political impact, social standing, and cultural relevance of Thai queer communities. This book analyzes the roles of the market and media - especially cinema and the Internet - in these transformations, and considers the ambiguous consequences that the growing commodification and mediatisation of queer lives have had for LGBT rights in Thailand. A key finding is that in the early 21st Century processes of global queering are leading to a growing Asianisation of Bangkok's queer cultures. This book traces Bangkok's emergence as a central focus of an expanding regional network linking gay, lesbian and transgender communities in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia, the Philippines and other rapidly developing East and Southeast Asian societies. Peter A. Jacksonis associate professor in the School of Culture, History and Language at Australian National University. "The myriad faces of Thai gender/sexuality culture have been an attraction for both pleasure-seekers and researchers/scholars/activists. Exploring the rapidly changing LGBT cultures and Thai queer identities, the essays collected here provide insightful analyses of historical continuities as well as developing variations within the highly complex erotic/economic texture of Thai society. A must-read for anyone in the booming field of gender/sexuality studies. " -Josephine Ho, Chair Professor, Center for the Study of Sexualities, National Central University, Taiwan
Conditional Spaces: Hong Kong Lesbian Desires and Everyday Life
by Denise Tse-Shang TangThis book offers an in-depth sociological study on Hong Kong lesbian and transgender lesbian subjectivities and their materialization within multiple spaces. Based on thirty life history interviews, the author attempts to map the complex relations between lesbian subjectivities and spatialities as they emerge, develop, interact and negotiate with each other in their everyday lives. Drawing upon theories on cultural studies, feminism, postcolonialism, urban sociology and queer theory, this book positions Hong Kong as a late capitalist city and neoliberal economy, to bring the notion of sexuality and spaces together in a theoretical exercise in order to focus on the forces that determine the conditions and possibilities for the materialization of lesbian and transgender lesbian desires and identities. Tang investigates social relations within certain spaces and make linkages between a living room, a busy street, a classroom, a church congregation, a workplace and a queer film festival. Hong Kong women with lesbian desires and transgender lesbians can be understood as exclusionary to some spaces but participatory in the constant development of new sites where their needs and intimate desires are met. Tang concludes that a preliminary analysis of spaces in Hong Kong can be rooted in a physical sense but also proposes conditional spatiality as a theoretical concept to understand the emergence and disappearance of spaces.