Chinese Lesbian Cinema: Mirror Rubbing, Lala, and Les

By Liang Shi

The emergence of lesbian film in the first decade of the twenty-first century symbolizes a breakthrough through the creation of new cinema that opens up a space that was not previously available or accessible in China. These motion pictures present a new breed of characters--namely, lesbians--as well as a new sexual subject on the screen for the first time in the history of Chinese cinema. Blending historicist and comparative approaches, this book begins with a critical genealogy of Chinese homosexual traditions in the first two chapters. This strategy allows the author to examine a number of films individually through contextualizing their historical and cultural articulations and interpretations through the remainder of the book.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 073918847X
• ISBN13: 9780739188477
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"