Negotiating Anal Intercourse in Inter-Racial Gay Relationships in Hong Kong

This article is about the experience of Chinese gay men in colonial Hong Kong, their relationship with Western partners and their sexual practices. The body of the colonized is a critical space where resistance against the subjection by the colonial intrusion is put up. As their agency and instrumen...

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Published in:Sexualities 2000-08, Vol.3 (3), p.299-323
Main Authors: Ho, Petula Sik Ying, Tsang, Adolf Kat Tat
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asian Cultural Groups
Colonialism
East and West
European Cultural Groups
Homosexuality
Hong Kong
Males
Racial Relations
Sexual Intercourse
Sociology
Sociology of the family. Age groups
Woman social status. Women's emancipation
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Summary:This article is about the experience of Chinese gay men in colonial Hong Kong, their relationship with Western partners and their sexual practices. The body of the colonized is a critical space where resistance against the subjection by the colonial intrusion is put up. As their agency and instruments of desire are actively claiming personal and interpersonal space, the forces of colonial domination are met with subversive resistance. It is in the paradoxical site of inter-racial gay anal intercourse that the equation between the colonizer and the powerful is simultaneously realized and questioned, both the enemy and the lover present themselves to a desire that is always characterized by ambivalence.
ISSN:1363-4607
1461-7382
DOI:10.1177/136346000003003002