Liang Shi

Chinese Lesbian Cinema (eBook, PDF)

Mirror Rubbing, Lala, and Les

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The emergence of lesbian film in the first decade of the twenty-first century symbolizes a breakthrough through the creation of new cinema that opens up a space that was not previously available or accessible in China. These motion pictures present a new breed of characters-namely, lesbians-as well as a new sexual subject on the screen for the first time in the history of Chinese cinema. Blending historicist and comparative approaches, this book begins with a critical genealogy of Chinese homosexual traditions in the first two chapters. This strategy allows the author to examine a number of films individually through contextualizing their historical and cultural articulations and interpretations through the remainder of the book.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 1
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781978754065
• Artikelnr.: 74849504

Autorenporträt

Liang Shi is associate professor of Chinese language and literature at Miami University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Mirror Rubbing: A Critical Genealogy of Pre-Modern Chinese
Female Same-Sex Eroticism Chapter 2: From Mirror Rubbing to Lesbianism: A
Critical Genealogy of Modern Chinese Female Same-Sex Eroticism Chapter 3:
Prototypes of Lesbian Relations Chapter 4: Discovering and Normalizing
Lesbians: Fish and Elephant Chapter 5: Sacrifice of Innocence: Redefining
Sexuality in Zhu Yiye's Film Lost in You Chapter 6: Lost and Found:
Fluidity of Sexuality in Love Mime Chapter 7: Love in a Forgotten Corner:
Female Same-Sex Desire in Rural China