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Title:
Understanding the Sexual in Chinese Sociology: Homosexuality Studies in Contemporary China
Speaker:
Dr. Travis S.K. Kong (Department of Sociology, The University of Hong Kong)
Date:
January 25, 2017
Time:
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Venue:
Room 201, 2/F, May Hall, The University of Hong Kong (Map)
Language:
English
Enquiry:
(Tel) (852) 3917-5772
(Email) ihss@hku.hk
This seminar examines the changing contours of Chinese sociology of homosexuality in contemporary China through a meta-literature review. It unfolds the different theoretical orientations and methodologies that construct the modern male homosexual subject under major socio-economic and political changes. By tracing the epistemology of homosexuality in contemporary China, this seminar rethinks the dominance of the western construction of homosexuality and the significance of the role of the state in shaping the knowledge of homosexuality and proposes alternative spaces for theorizing Chinese sexual identities, desires and practices.
Travis S.K. Kong is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Associate Dean (Undergraduate Education) of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Hong Kong. His research interests are homosexuality, prostitution and transnational Chinese sexualities. He is the co-editor of Sexualities: Studies in Culture and Society (2013 – ), one of the leading international journals in the field of sexuality. He is the author of Chinese Male Homosexualities: Memba, Tongzhi and Golden Boy (London: Routledge 2011) and Oral History of Older Gay Men in Hong Kong 《男男正傳: 香港年長男同志口述史》(Hong Kong: Stepforward 2014) (in Chinese). Dr. Kong publishes widely in journals such as Urban Studies, Sociological Review, British Journal of Criminology, Gender, Work & Organization, Culture, Health & Society, Body & Society, Lancet and AIDS Care.
