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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.

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.

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

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.

Becoming Trans Celebrities: Visibility, Embodiment and Contemporary Chinese Gender Politics (2024)
Book Chapter
Bao, H. (in press). 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.