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James Cummings, "The Everyday Lives of Gay Men in Hainan: Sociality, Space and Time" (Palgrave MacMillan, 2023)

New Books in LGBTQ+ Studies

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Exploring the Lives of Queer Individuals in Hainan

This chapter discusses the author's interest in studying the lives of queer individuals, specifically gay men, in Hainan. They explain their reasons for choosing Hainan as a research focus and highlight the lack of attention given to non-heterosexual individuals outside of major Chinese cities. The concept of the 'everyday' is introduced as a framework for understanding the scales at which people perceive and live their lives.

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