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Queer Representations in Chinese-language Film and the Cultural Landscape

Author :  Shi-Yan Chao (Series Eds) Jeroen de Kloet & Edwin Jurriens

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Country
China
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam, Netherlands
ISBN 9789462988033
Format HardBound
Language English
Year of Publication 2020
Bib. Info 420p. ; 156x234x30mm.
Categories Cultural History / Gay & Lesbian
Product Weight 774 gms.
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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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