| Queer Representations in Chinese-Language Film and the Cultural Landscape Contributor(s): Chao, Shi-Yan (Author) |
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ISBN: 946298803X ISBN-13: 9789462988033 Publisher: Amsterdam University Press OUR PRICE: $175.23 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Lgbt Studies - General - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Social Science | Media Studies |
| Physical Information: 412 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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. |