Queer Asian Cinema: Shadows in the ShadeExplore queer themes in films from Hong Kong gangster flicks to Bollywood melodramas!Although Asian films have reached a new height in popularity worldwide, Queer Asian Cinema: Shadows in the Shade is the first full-length book in English solely devoted to examining the aesthetics and politics of homosexuality in Asian films. This unique book presents multiple points of view on the portrayal of gay, lesbian, and transgendered people in film throughout Asia. From the subversive sadomasochism of Japan's ”pink films” to the hard-boiled world of Hong Kong's gangster movies, Queer Asian Cinema analyzes and discusses attitudes toward homosexuality in the full spectrum of Asian film. In addition to studies of the representation of identified gay men, lesbians, and transgendered individuals, it reveals the hidden homoerotic subtext of otherwise conventional films.Queer Asian Cinema: Shadows in the Shade examines diverse aspects of Asian films, including:
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Contents
An Introduction to Queer Asian Film | 1 |
Male Homosexuality National | 31 |
Special Bibliographic Notes related to special journal issues | 41 |
The Temporary? Queering of Japanese TV | 83 |
Two Japanese Variants of the Absolute Transvestite Film | 111 |
Obscenity and Homosexual Depiction in Japan | 127 |
The Rise of Homosexuality and the Dawn of Communism | 149 |
Happy Alone? Sad Young Men in East Asian Gay Cinema | 187 |
The CrossGender Performances of Yam KimFei | 201 |
Farewell My Fantasy | 213 |
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