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Queering the Asian Diaspora (2024)
Book
Bao, H. (in press). Queering the Asian Diaspora. SAGE Publications

The current COVID-19 pandemic has exuberated global geopolitical tensions and led to rising Sinophobia and anti-Asian racism worldwide. At the same time, there has been a nascent Asian diaspora consciousness emerging in the West, celebrating Asian id... Read More about Queering the Asian Diaspora.

Queerness as Masquerading: Displaying Queer Art in Contemporary China (2024)
Book Chapter
Bao, H. (2024). Queerness as Masquerading: Displaying Queer Art in Contemporary China. In P. Gladston, L. Howarth-Gladston, J. Tsong-zung Chang, & J. Kuo (Eds.), Rethinking Displays of Chinese Contemporary Art: Cultural Diversity and Tradition (91-108). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-2906-7_4

This chapter discusses some of the ways in which queer art is displayed in contemporary China, where the public expression and circulation of queerness is prohibited. The government ban on queer content does not mean that queer art does not exist in... Read More about Queerness as Masquerading: Displaying Queer Art in Contemporary China.

The Passion of the Rabbit God (2024)
Book
Bao, H. (2024). The Passion of the Rabbit God. Valley Press

Hongwei Bao’s debut collection charts an emotional journey through centuries and between nations, with the poet’s own migration from Inner Mongolia to Nottingham offering a unique, fascinating perspective through which to examine Asian and queer iden... Read More about The Passion of the Rabbit God.

Dream of the Orchid Pavilion (2024)
Book
Bao, H. (2024). Dream of the Orchid Pavilion. Big White Shed Press

Informed by his life experience as a queer Chinese migrant living in the UK, Hongwei Bao’s book ruminates upon love, intimacy, memory, heritage and identity. On a late spring day of 353 CE, to celebrate the Spring Purification Festival, a group of... Read More about Dream of the Orchid Pavilion.

When Queer Theory Speaks Chinese: Translating Queer in China (2024)
Book Chapter
Bao, H. (2024). When Queer Theory Speaks Chinese: Translating Queer in China. In J. J. Zhao, & H. Bao (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Chinese Gender and Sexuality. Routledge

Tracing a brief genealogy of the emergence of queer theory in Mainland China, this chapter identifies three key historical moments when queer theory travelled to the People’s Republic of China at the end of the twentieth century and the beginning of... Read More about When Queer Theory Speaks Chinese: Translating Queer in China.

Introduction: New Directions in Chinese Gender and Sexuality Studies (2024)
Book Chapter
Zhao, J. J., & Bao, H. (2024). Introduction: New Directions in Chinese Gender and Sexuality Studies. In J. J. Zhao, & H. Bao (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Chinese Gender and Sexuality. Routledge

This introduction to the Routledge Handbook of Chinese Gender and Sexuality provides an overview of the edited volume. In this chapter, the co-editors of the Handbook discuss the book’s disciplinary interventions and scholarly contribution, as well a... Read More about Introduction: New Directions in Chinese Gender and Sexuality Studies.

Routledge Handbook of Chinese Gender & Sexuality (2024)
Book
Jamie J., Z., & Bao, H. (Eds.). (2024). Routledge Handbook of Chinese Gender & Sexuality. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003273943

This Handbook offers a rich survey of topics concerning historical, modern and contemporary Chinese genders and sexualities. Exploring gender and sexuality as key dimensions of China’s modernisation and globalisation, this Handbook effectively si... Read More about Routledge Handbook of Chinese Gender & Sexuality.

When Queer Theory Speaks Chinese: Translating Queer in China (2024)
Book Chapter
Bao, H. (2024). When Queer Theory Speaks Chinese: Translating Queer in China. In J. J. Zhao, & H. Bao (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Chinese Gender and Sexuality. Routledge

Tracing a brief genealogy of the emergence of queer theory in Mainland China, this chapter identifies three key historical moments when queer theory travelled to the People’s Republic of China at the end of the twentieth century and the beginning of... Read More about When Queer Theory Speaks Chinese: Translating Queer in China.

Introduction: New Directions in Chinese Gender & Sexuality Studies (2024)
Book Chapter
Bao, H., & Zhao, J. J. (2024). Introduction: New Directions in Chinese Gender & Sexuality Studies. In Routledge Handbook of Chinese Gender & Sexuality (1-14). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003273943-1

This introduction to the Routledge Handbook of Chinese Gender & Sexuality provides an overview of the edited volume. In this chapter, the co-editors of the Handbook discuss the book's disciplinary interventions and scholarly contribution, as well as... Read More about Introduction: New Directions in Chinese Gender & Sexuality Studies.

Becoming Trans Celebrities: Visibility, Embodiment and Contemporary Chinese Gender Politics (2024)
Book Chapter
Bao, H. Becoming Trans Celebrities: Visibility, Embodiment and Contemporary Chinese Gender Politics. In Feminist Activism in Post-2010s China: Identifying Issues, Sharing Knowledge, Building Movements. Bloomsbury Publishing

This chapter examines the media representation of trans identities and the articulation of trans politics in the contemporary Chinese context. Focusing on the case studies of three trans celebrities in post-2010s China, I demonstrate how their identi... Read More about Becoming Trans Celebrities: Visibility, Embodiment and Contemporary Chinese Gender Politics.