Queer women in urban China : an ethnography / Elisabeth L. Engebretsen.

New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.

xix, 194 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-188) and index.

Queer women in urban China: an introduction -- "A special self": new sexual subjectivities -- Is face more important than happiness?: negotiating family and kinship -- "Come and join our wedding!": the symbolic politics of lala marriages -- Convenient resistance?: lala-gay contract marriages -- "Our lala space": community development and social activism -- Conclusion: "Queers, keep up the good work!".