About Qing Shen

Qing Shen is currently a PhD candidate in cultural anthropology at Uppsala University, Sweden. His upcoming 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:

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…