Chinese Lesbian Cinema
Mirror Rubbing, Lala, and Les
Fiction & Literature, Drama, Eastern, Nonfiction, Entertainment, History, Asian, China
| Author: | Liang Shi | ISBN: | 9780739188484 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books | Publication: | October 23, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Liang Shi |
| ISBN: | 9780739188484 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books |
| Publication: | October 23, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books |
| Language: | English |
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.
