An Amorous Prehistory of Hong Kong Queer Cinema
| dc.contributor.advisor | Hong, GuoJuin | |
| dc.contributor.author | Zhao, Manjun | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-06-08T13:33:49Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-06-08T13:33:49Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-06-08 | |
| dc.department | Graduate Liberal Studies | |
| dc.description.abstract | Depiction of homoerotic relationships among women in commercial costumed films was a unique phenomenon in 1970s - 1980s Hong Kong cinema. What are the possible cinematic meanings of lesbian images that we can perceive in these films? How should we evaluate the exact representation of a sexuality that had been perceived as deviant in that society? In this essay, I close-read homoerotic scenes and trace through the trajectories of cultural and industrial changes enabling the emergence of two representative films: Intimate Confessions of A Chinese Courtesan (1972) and An Amorous Woman of Tang Dynasty (1984). I do this with a continuous concern for historical context in order to provide an in-depth understanding of how lesbian images are constructed in cinema. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | ||
| dc.subject | Hong Kong | |
| dc.subject | Lesbianism | |
| dc.subject | Cinema | |
| dc.subject | Queer | |
| dc.subject | Prehistory | |
| dc.subject | Cinematic representation | |
| dc.title | An Amorous Prehistory of Hong Kong Queer Cinema | |
| dc.type | Master's thesis |
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