Book Launch | Queering the Asian Diaspora

Hongwei Bao, Queering the Asian Diaspora, (Sage, 2024)
ISBN: 9781529619683 (paperback, 168 pp., £11.99; $18.00)

The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified global geopolitical tensions, bringing Sinophobia and anti-Asian racism into sharp focus. At the same time, a growing Asian diasporic consciousness is emerging worldwide, celebrating Asian identity and cultural heritage. Yet, in the space between anti-Asian racism and the rise of Asian advocacy, the voices of queer people have often been largely missing.

This book addresses that gap. Exploring a range of contemporary case studies from art, fashion, performance, film, and political activism, Bao offers a powerful intersectional cultural politics—anti-nationalist, anti-racist, decolonial, feminist, and queer—that challenges dominant narratives and amplifies marginalized voices.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1 – Visualising the Rabbit God: Reclaiming Queer Asian Heritage  
• Chapter 2 – Decolonising Drag: When Queer Asian Artists Do Drag  
• Chapter 3 – Queering Chinoiserie: Performing Orientalist Intimacy  
• Chapter 4 – ‘Secret Love’: Curating Queerness and Queering Curation  
• Chapter 5 – Digital Video Activism: Popo Fan’s Cinema of Desire  
• Chapter 6 – Imagining Queer Bandung: Creating a Decolonial Queer Space

Readers can get a 25% discount when they order the book from the Sage website using the discount code SSSJ25