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Author Leung, Helen Hok-Sze, 1967-

Title Undercurrents : queer culture and postcolonial Hong Kong / Helen Hok-Sze Leung
Published Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 149 pages) : illustrations
Series Sexuality studies series, 1706-9947
Sexuality studies series.
Contents Sex and the postcolonial city -- Between girls -- Trans formations -- In queer memory -- Do it yourself
Summary "Undercurrents engages the critical rubric of "queer" to examine Hong Kong's screen and media culture during the transitional and immediate postcolonial period. Helen Hok-Sze Leung draws on theoretical insights from a range of disciplines to reveal parallels between the crisis and uncertainty of the territory's postcolonial transition and the queer aspects of its cultural productions." "Leung explores Hong Kong cultural productions - cinema, fiction, popular music and subcultural projects - and argues that while there is no overt consolidation of gay and lesbian identities in Hong Kong culture, undercurrents of diverse and complex expressions of gender and sexual variance are widely in evidence." "Undercurrents uncovers a queer media culture that has been largely overlooked by critics in the West, and demonstrates the cultural vitality of Hong Kong amidst political transition. It will appeal to scholars and general readers interested in Asian studies, film and cultural studies, and sexuality and gender studies."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-143), filmography (p. 144-145) , discography (p. 146) and index
Notes English
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Subject Homosexuality and art -- China -- Hong Kong -- History
Homosexuality and motion pictures -- China -- Hong Kong -- History
Gay people in popular culture -- China -- Hong Kong -- History
Homosexuality -- Social aspects -- China -- Hong Kong -- History
ART -- Subjects & Themes -- General.
Gays in popular culture
Homosexuality and art
Homosexuality and motion pictures
Homosexuality -- Social aspects
Massenkultur
Homosexualität Motiv
Homosexualität
Film
SUBJECT Hong Kong (China) -- History -- Transfer of Sovereignty from Great Britain, 1997. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95010000
Subject China -- Hong Kong
Hongkong
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780774856119
0774856114
1282457322
9781282457324
9786612457326
6612457325