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Klappentext "Without question! Song Hwee Lim has presented us with an exemplar of quality scholarship in the study of contemporary Chinese cinemas. By combining an impressive command of Chinese and Western literary as well as film source materials with a sophisticated mode of analysis and an unassuming argumentative style! he has authored an exhilarating book - one that not only treats cinematic representations of male homosexuality with great sensitivity but also demonstrates what it means to read with critical intelligence and vision." - Rey Chow! Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities! Brown University "Celluloid Comrades is a timely demonstration of the importance of queer studies in the field of transnational Chinese cinemas. Lim dissects gay sexuality in selective Chinese-language films! and vigorously contests commonly accepted critical paradigms and theoretical models. Readers will find a provocative! powerful voice in this new book." - Sheldon H. Lu! Professor of Comparative Literature! University of California at Davis" Zusammenfassung Offers an introduction to the representation of male homosexuality in Chinese cinemas. This work states that representations of male homosexuality in Chinese film are polyphonic and multifarious! posing a challenge to monolithic and essentialized constructions of both ""Chineseness"" and ""homosexuality.
About the author
Song Hwee Lim is associate professor in the Department of Cultural and Religious Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
