Chinese Lesbian Cinema
Mirror Rubbing, Lala, and Les
Seiten
2014
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-8847-7 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-8847-7 (ISBN)
This book is the first extensive study of lesbian cinema in mainland China. It also provides an account of the history of Chinese homosexuality, especially its female same-sex erotic tradition, from antiquity to the present day.
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.
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.
Liang Shi is associate professor of Chinese language and literature at Miami University.
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
Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
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Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 160 x 238 mm |
Gewicht | 435 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater |
Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
ISBN-10 | 0-7391-8847-X / 073918847X |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7391-8847-7 / 9780739188477 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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