About Qing Shen

Qing Shen received his PhD in cultural anthropology from Uppsala University, Sweden. His doctoral thesis titled "Queer Fun in Shanghai: the social lives of elderly working-class Chinese men" explores the linkage between play and queerness.
Qing Shen is a cultural anthropologist on queer, aging, and East Asia.
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NBN Episodes hosted by Qing:

Jamie Hakim, "Digital Intimacies: Queer Men and Smartphones in Times of Crisis" (Bloomsbury, 2024)

October 31, 2024

Digital Intimacies

Jamie Hakim, James Cummings, and Ingrid Young
Hosted by Qing Shen

Queer men's cultures of intimacy have long been sites of fierce contestation. Indeed, debates have raged for decades over issues such as monogamy, saf…

Jia Tan, "Digital Masquerade: Feminist Rights and Queer Media in China" (NYU Press, 2023)

October 29, 2024

Digital Masquerade

Jia Tan
Hosted by Qing Shen

Digital Masquerade: Feminist Rights and Queer Media in China (NYU Press, 2023) offers a trenchant and singular analysis of the convergence of digital …

Caterina Fugazzola, "Words Like Water: Queer Mobilization and Social Change in China" (Temple UP, 2023)

September 26, 2024

Words Like Water

Caterina Fugazzola
Hosted by Qing Shen

After China officially “decriminalized” same-sex behavior in 1997, both the visibility and public acceptance of tongzhi, an inclusive identity term th…

Yiu Fai Chow et al., "It’s My Party: Tat Ming Pair and the Postcolonial Politics of Popular Music in Hong Kong" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024)

September 7, 2024

It’s My Party

Yiu Fai Chow, Jeroen de Kloet, and Leonie Schmidt
Hosted by Qing Shen

It’s My Party: Tat Ming Pair and the Postcolonial Politics of Popular Music in Hong Kong (Palgrave Macmillan 2024) is unique in focusing on just one b…

Francisca Yuenki Lai, "Maid to Queer: Asian Labor Migration and Female Same-Sex Desires" (Hong Kong UP, 2021)

August 25, 2024

Maid to Queer

Francisca Yuenki Lai
Hosted by Qing Shen

Maid to Queer: Asian Labor Migration and Female Same-Sex Desires (Hong Kong UP, 2021) is the first book about Asian female migrant workers who develop…