Undercurrents - Queer Culture and Postcolonial Hong Kong

Informationen zum Autor Helen Hok-Sze Leung is an assistant professor in women's studies at Simon Fraser University. Klappentext Undercurrents engages the critical rubric of "queer" to examine Hong Kong's screen, uncovering 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. Zusammenfassung Undercurrents engages the critical rubric of “queer” to examine Hong Kong’s screen, uncovering 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceIntroduction1 Sex and the Postcolonial City2 Between Girls3 Trans Formations4 In Queer Memory5 Do It YourselfNotesBibliographyFilmographyDiscographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Helen Hok Leung, Helen Hok-Sze Leung
• Assisted by: Helen Hok-Sze Leung (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2009
• EAN: 9780774814706
• ISBN: 978-0-7748-1470-6
• No. of pages: 168
• Series: Sexuality Studies; Sexuality Stud
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories