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- The essay explores the significance of family in understanding queer identities, particularly by focusing on biogenetic family dynamics often overlooked in mainstream queer discussions.
- It utilizes perspectives from queer of color critique and postcolonial feminism to highlight the relational nature of queer experiences, particularly in the context of Chinese society.
- The author advocates for a view of queerness that embraces complexities and ambivalence, contrasting traditional narratives that emphasize opposition and individualism.
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Family is an important issue in imagining queer modes of existence. In this essay, I argue for a queer relationality that is structured around biogenetic family, a site that is often marginalized and negated in dominant Euro-American queer discourse. Informed by queer of color critique and postcolonial feminism, this essay affirms the relational framework in understanding the everyday struggles of queer subjects. Situated in the context of Chinese society, I investigate a queer relationality that centers ambivalence and inbetweenness as queer modes of positioning, challenging the teleological narrative of queerness that is characterized by oppositionality, singularity, and anti-relationality.
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