CHNSE-245 Chinese-language Queer Cinema
This course surveys Chinese-language queer cinema since the 1960s up to the contemporary period in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. It investigates the visual representation of gay, lesbian, and transgender desires within different historical and cultural contexts. While studying the historical development of the notion of queer and the mutual cultural influences across the regions, we will particularly discuss the way the term is mobilized as a trope for socio-political discourses, and the way the representation of queer negotiates mainstream ideologies.
Standard Course (40)
Credits
1
Offered
Spring