Queer representations in Chinese-language film and the cultural landscape
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Queer representations in Chinese-language film and the cultural landscape
(Asian visual cultures, 9)
Amsterdam University Press, c2020
Available at / 1 libraries
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p.[333]-402) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Queer Representations in Chinese-language Film and the Cultural Landscape provides a cultural history of queer representations in Chinese-language film and media, negotiated by locally produced knowledge, local cultural agency, and lived histories. Incorporating a wide range of materials in both English and Chinese, this interdisciplinary project investigates the processes through which Chinese tongzhi/queer imaginaries are articulated, focusing on four main themes: the Chinese familial system, Chinese opera, camp aesthetic, and documentary impulse. Chao's discursive analysis is rooted in and advances genealogical inquiries: a non-essentialist intervention into the "Chinese" idea of filial piety, a transcultural perspective on the contested genre of film melodrama, a historical investigation of the local articulations of mass camp and gay camp, and a transnational inquiry into the different formats of documentary. This book is a must for anyone exploring the cultural history of Chinese tongzhi/queer through the lens of transcultural media.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Processing Tongzhi/Queer Imaginaries
Chapter 1: The Chinese Queer Diasporic Imaginary
Chapter 2: Two Stage Sisters: Comrades, Almost a Love Story
Chapter 3: Mass Camp in Contemporary Hong Kong Cinema
Chapter 4: Toward An Aesthetic of Tongzhi Camp
Chapter 5: Coming Out of The Box, Lalas with DV Cameras
Chapter 6: Performing Gender, Performing Documentary in Postsocialist China
Conclusion
Chinese Glossary
Bilingual Filmography
Selected Bibliography in English
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"