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Platinum Bible of the Public Toilet: Ten Queer Stories

Platinum Bible of the Public Toilet: Ten Queer Stories

Cui, Zi'en
Liu, Petrus
Rofel, Lisa

Hardcover

Series: Sinotheory

General FictionGeneral GLBTQIA Fiction

ISBN10: 1478024887
ISBN13: 9781478024880
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: Feb 6 2024
Pages: 312
Weight: 1.30
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
Platinum Bible of the Public Toilet is the first English-language collection of short stories by Cui Zi'en, China's most famous and controversial queer filmmaker, writer, scholar, and LGBTQ rights activist. Drawing on his own experiences growing up in socialist and postsocialist China, Cui presents ten queer coming-of-age stories of young boys and men as they explore their sexuality and desires. From a surreal fairytale depicting a ragtag crew of neighborhood boys in the throes of sexual awakening to a chronicle of the gender-bending and homoerotic entanglements of university students to romantic love triangle erotica to a story that examines teacher-student love and the norms of sex and age, Cui centers queer sexuality as a core part of human experience. Richly imaginative and vividly written, Platinum Bible of the Public Toilet portrays the emergence of queer cultures in postsocialist China while foregrounding the commitments to one's erotic and passionate attractions even as they lead to cultural transgressions. This volume includes a preface by and an interview with the author.

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