The Geopolitics of Queer Archives : Contested Chineseness and Queer Sinophone Affiliations between Hong Kong and Taiwan

Liu, Wen and Li, Eva Cheuk-Yin (2024) The Geopolitics of Queer Archives : Contested Chineseness and Queer Sinophone Affiliations between Hong Kong and Taiwan. Sexualities. ISSN 1363-4607

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Abstract

Hong Kong and Taiwan, two Sinophone societies peripheral to continental China, have divergent colonial pasts and distinct cultures. Yet, their fates have been increasingly intertwined since the rise of China in the global economy. We propose the geopolitics of queer archives to trace minor-minor exchanges of queer knowledge and activism that are neither officially recognized by the state nor mapped into mainstream discussions of international relations. Through a conjunctural analysis of queer scholarship in Hong Kong and Taiwan since the 1980s, we contest the notion of Chineseness in shaping the knowledge of queer sexualities and argue that a wholesale recycling of postcolonial critique on these two societies’ resistance to China risk reproducing US-centrism.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Sexualities
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?? chinesenessdecolonizationqueer diasporaqueer asiaqueer sinophone studiesno - not fundednogender studiesanthropologysdg 5 - gender equalitysdg 10 - reduced inequalities ??
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215085
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Deposited On:
21 Feb 2024 13:25
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Yes
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Published
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30 Nov 2024 01:17