Queer Representations in Chinese-language Film and the Cultural Landscape / / Shi-Yan Chao.
This book 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 th...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2020] ©2020 |
Year of Publication: | 2020 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Asian Visual Cultures ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (412 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Processing Tongzhi/Queer Imaginaries -- Section I. Against Families, Against States -- 1. The Chinese Queer Diasporic Imaginary -- 2. Two Stage Sisters: Comrades, Almost a Love Story -- Section II. Camp Aesthetics -- 3. Mass Camp in Contemporary Hong Kong Cinema -- 4. Toward an Aesthetic of Tongzhi Camp -- Section III. Documentary Impulse -- 5. Coming Out of The Box, Lalas with DV Cameras -- 6. Performing Gender, Performing Documentary in Postsocialist China -- Conclusion -- Chinese Glossary -- Bilingual Filmography -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Summary: | This book 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. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9789048540075 9783110689556 9783110696295 9783110704655 9783110704785 9783110704716 9783110704518 9783110696301 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9789048540075?locatt=mode:legacy |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Shi-Yan Chao. |