Rofel, Lisa, 1953-

Desiring China : experiments in neoliberalism, sexuality, and pub lic culture / Lisa Rofel. - Durham : Duke University Press, 2007. - x, 251 p. ; 25 cm. - Perverse modernities .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-246) and index.

Introduction -- Yearnings : televisual love and melodramatic politic s -- Museum as women's space : displays of gender -- Qualities of desir e : imagining gay identities -- From sacrifice to desire : cosmopolitan ism with Chinese characteristics -- Legislating desire : homosexuality, intellectual property rights, and consumer fraud -- Desiring China : C hina's entry into the WTO -- Coda.

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Sex -- Social aspects -- China.
Popular culture -- China.
Culture and globalization -- China.


China -- Social conditions -- 2000-

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