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Lesbians in East Asia - Diversity, Identities, and Resistance (Paperback)
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Discover the courageous, vibrant similarities and differences of
lesbians in East Asia How are same-sex relationships similar or
different in the cultures of East Asia? Lesbians in East Asia:
Diversity, Identities, and Resistance is a unique examination of
research and vital issues involving lesbians and lesbianism in East
Asia, using perspectives by academics and activists who typically
are rarely published in English. Contributing experts from Hong
Kong, mainland China, Japan, and Korea discuss a variety of topics,
including solidarity and conflicts between lesbians and feminists,
identities and identity politics, lesbian lives and families, and
representation in mainstream culture. Asia, because of its inherent
language and cultural differences from Western society, is a
location of a vast unrealized fount of knowledge about same-sex
relationships and the societies in which they interact. Lesbians in
East Asia: Diversity, Identities, and Resistance begins to fill
this gap in knowledge, going beyond East-West divisions by
gathering in one volume studies in Asia lesbian/queer studies of
both the West and Asia. The text's emphasis is on points of
connection and cooperation across the cultures within Asia and
between this region and other areas of the world. Diverse
viewpoints and research on lesbians in China, Hong Kong, South
Korea, and Japan are presented showing issues and concerns that may
be differentand often are very similarto regions beyond those
borders. Topics in Lesbians in East Asia: Diversity, Identities,
and Resistance include: lesbian rights and feminism in Korea
emotional damage suffered in family, work, and school contexts,
including self-denial analysis of Internet exchanges in China,
highlighting those feeling that they should maintain a low profile
and others showing disdain toward the lesbian lifestyle gender
inequality and discrimination and their effects on self-sufficiency
the effects of expectations of marriage or remaining single on
economics, legal standpoints, and in school ignorance and
intolerance in Korean and Japanese societies identity politics
conflicts of ideas between lesbians and feminists and much more!
Lesbians in East Asia: Diversity, Identities, and Resistance is
important, illuminating reading for academics and students in
women's studies, gender studies, queer/sexuality studies, East
Asian studies, and activists in feminist movements.
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