TY - BOOK ID - 12229759 TI - Western queers in China PY - 2012 SN - 9781442215566 9781442215580 1442215569 9781280658020 1280658029 1442215585 1442215577 9781442215573 9781442215573 9786613634955 6613634956 PB - Lanham, Md. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers DB - UniCat KW - S05/0229 KW - S02/0300 KW - S11/0740 KW - China: Biographies and memoirs--Foreigners associated with China (incl. Sinologues) KW - China: General works--Chinese culture and the West and vice-versa KW - China: Social sciences--Sexual life: general and before 1949 KW - Gay immigrants KW - Homosexuality KW - Homosexuals KW - History KW - China KW - Emigration and immigration KW - Social aspects KW - Gay people KW - Gay persons KW - Sexual minorities KW - Same-sex attraction KW - Sexual orientation KW - Bisexuality KW - Immigrants KW - Cina KW - Kinë KW - Cathay KW - Chinese National Government KW - Chung-kuo kuo min cheng fu KW - Republic of China (1912-1949) KW - Kuo min cheng fu (China : 1912-1949) KW - Chung-hua min kuo (1912-1949) KW - Kina (China) KW - National Government (1912-1949) KW - China (Republic : 1912-1949) KW - People's Republic of China KW - Chinese People's Republic KW - Chung-hua jen min kung ho kuo KW - Central People's Government of Communist China KW - Chung yang jen min cheng fu KW - Chung-hua chung yang jen min kung ho kuo KW - Central Government of the People's Republic of China KW - Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo KW - Zhong hua ren min gong he guo KW - Kitaĭskai︠a︡ Narodnai︠a︡ Respublika KW - Činská lidová republika KW - RRT KW - Republik Rakjat Tiongkok KW - KNR KW - Kytaĭsʹka Narodna Respublika KW - Jumhūriyat al-Ṣīn al-Shaʻbīyah KW - RRC KW - Kitaĭ KW - Kínai Népköztársaság KW - Chūka Jinmin Kyōwakoku KW - Erets Sin KW - Sin KW - Sāthāranarat Prachāchon Čhīn KW - P.R. China KW - PR China KW - Chung-kuo KW - Zhongguo KW - Zhonghuaminguo (1912-1949) KW - Zhong guo KW - Chine KW - République Populaire de Chine KW - República Popular China KW - Catay KW - VR China KW - VRChina KW - 中國 KW - 中国 KW - 中华人民共和国 KW - Jhongguó KW - Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaxu Dundadu Arad Ulus KW - Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaqu Dumdadu Arad Ulus KW - Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh Dundad Ard Uls KW - Khi︠a︡tad KW - Kitad KW - Dumdadu Ulus KW - Dumdad Uls KW - Думдад Улс KW - Kitajska KW - China (Republic : 1949- ) KW - Persons KW - PRC KW - P.R.C. KW - BNKhAU KW - БНХАУ KW - Gays UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:12229759 AB - This unique work examines the role played by sexuality in the historical encounter between China and the West. Distinguished historian D. E. Mungello focuses especially on Western homosexuals who saw China as a place of escape from the homophobia of Europe and North America. His groundbreaking study traces the lives of two dozen men, many previously unknown to have same-sex desire, who fled to China and in the process influenced perceptions of Chinese culture to this day. This escapism engendered casual sexual encounters, serious friendships, and substantive intellectual rela ER -