Shi-Yan Chao

Queer Representations in Chinese-language Film and the Cultural Landscape (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 412
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040772034
• Artikelnr.: 75564972

Autorenporträt

Shi-Yan Chao is research assistant professor in the Academy of Film at Hong Kong Baptist University. He holds a PhD in Cinema Studies from New York University, and was an INTERACT postdoctoral fellow in the Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University. His articles on Chinese-language film and media and vocal performance have appeared in various journals and anthologies.

Inhaltsangabe

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.