Tongzhi living : men attracted to men in postsocialist China / Tiantian Zheng.

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2015]

244 pages ; 23 cm

Introduction: a walk in the park -- A cultural history of same-sex desire in China -- Popular perceptions of homosexuality in postsocialist China -- The 1s and the 0s : defining, socializing, and disciplining gender roles in the Tongzhi community -- The normal postsocialist subject : class, wealth, and money boys -- Organizing against hiv in China -- Embracing the heterosexual norm : the double lives of Tongzhi -- Safe sex among men : condoms, promiscuity, and HIV -- Conclusion: maybe not marriage : a future free of the closet -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.