Queer Comrades: Gay Identity and Tongzhi Activism in Postsocialist China

This very timely, well-written and insightful exploration of gay identity and queer activism in the People's Republic of China today is more than a study of queer China' through the lens of male homosexuality; it also examines identity, power and governmentality in contemporary China, as shaped by Chinas historical conditions and contemporary situations. The book offers in depth analysis of recent queer history and con temporary cultural texts plus a queer Marxist analysis of sexual identit...