This book explores young people's experiences of, and views on, dating, gender, sexuality, sexual hegemony and violence within dating relationships. Based on interviews and focus groups conducted in Beijing over a decade, and focusing especially on dating violence, the book reveals provides insights into a wide range of issues of gender and sexuality in contemporary China. It shows how young Chinese people's attitudes and behaviors are changing as urban China develops rapidly, and how their experience of dating violence and meaning-making are affected by age, gender, location and class.
Autorentext
Xiying Wang is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Development and Public Policy at Beijing Normal University, China.
Inhalt
1. Discovering Dating Violence in China
2. Chinese Intersectionality: A Critical Review of Gender-based Violence Research and Gender Studies in China
3. Dating Landscape, Power Struggles, and Love Geography
4. Sassy Girl and Tender Boy: The Transformation of Doing Gender
5. Virginity Loss, Sexual Coercion, and the Unfinished Sexual Revolution
6. Remapping the Landscape of Dating, Gender, and Violence