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Podcast: Nuances: Our Asian Stories
Episode: 6. The West: Savior or Demonizer? - Part 2
Description: Queering Premodern Asia is a limited series of Nuances: Our Asian Stories.
Each episode explores different aspects of sexual diversity in premodern Asia with commentary from guest scholars.
Episodes are divided into a narrative portion, and a discussion with a guest co-host from the queer Asian community.
Introduction & content warnings
China & the missionaries
China, Britain, and the Opium Wars
Japan, gun boat diplomacy, and rapid modernization
Thailand, Iran, Turkey
Regulating prostitution
Conclusion
Discussion with co-host Cece
Acknowledgments
Guest co-host: Cece is a Canadian born Chinese transgender trans model, advocate, poet, and public speaker who is...