Solace
portraits of queer youth in modern china
$38.39
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
29 March 2023
Summary
Solace: Portraits of Queer Youth in China
An illuminating portrait of young LGBTQ people in China, the latest addition to the acclaimed photobook series celebrating LGBTQ communities around the world.
Same-sex relationships have been an accepted part of Chinese culture for centuries. It was only in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, under the influence of the West, that homophobia became more prevalent; and under Mao, homosexuality was criminalized. By the turn of the …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781620976326 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1620976323 |
| Author: | Sarah Mei Herman |
| Publisher: | The New Press |
| Imprint: | The New Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 29 March 2023 |
| Weight: | 562g |
| Dimensions: | 254mm x 203mm x 8mm |
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Praise for Solace:“Solace brings to light people who live too often hidden from our view. Her photography allows us to open up to them and allows them to open up to us.”—Nathalie Herschdorfer, director of Photo Elysée
About The Author
Sarah Mei Herman
Sarah Mei Herman is a graduate of The Royal College of Art in London. Her work has been shown internationally at The National Portrait Gallery in London, Le Chateau d’Eau in Toulouse, and JIMEI X ARLES International Photofestival, among other locations. The author of Solace: Portraits of Queer Chinese Youth (The New Press), she is based in Amsterdam.
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