UID:
almafu_9959657907402883
Format:
1 online resource (434 p.)
ISBN:
9789048540075
Series Statement:
Asian Visual Cultures
Content:
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.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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Table of Contents --
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List of Figures --
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Acknowledgements --
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Introduction: Processing Tongzhi/Queer Imaginaries --
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1. The Chinese Queer Diasporic Imaginary --
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2. Two Stage Sisters: Comrades, Almost a Love Story --
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3. Mass Camp in Contemporary Hong Kong Cinema --
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4. Toward an Aesthetic of Tongzhi Camp --
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5. Coming Out of The Box, Lalas with DV Cameras --
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6. Performing Gender, Performing Documentary in Postsocialist China --
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Conclusion --
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Chinese Glossary --
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Bilingual Filmography --
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Bibliography --
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Index
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9789048540075
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048540075
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9789048540075
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048540075
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9789048540075
URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9789048540075/type/BOOK
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