Author Description

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 Universitycelluloid 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 Daviscelluloid Comrades Offers A Cogent Analytical Introduction To The Representation Of Male Homosexuality In Chinese Cinemas Within The Last Decade. It Posits That Representations Of Male Homosexuality In Chinese Film Have Been Polyphonic And Multifarious, Posing A Challenge To Monolithic And Essentialized Constructions Of Both 'chineseness' And 'homosexuality.' Given The Artistic Achievement And Popularity Of The Films Discussed Here, The Position Of 'celluloid Comrades' Can No Longer Be Ignored Within Both Transnational Chinese And Global Queer Cinemas. The Book Also Challenges Readers To Reconceptualize These Works In Relation To Global Issues Such As Homosexuality And Gay And Lesbian Politics, And Their Interaction With Local Conditions, Agents, And Audiences.tracing The Engendering Conditions Within The Film Industries Of China, Taiwan, And Hong Kong, Song Hwee Lim Argues That The Emergence Of Chinese Cinemas In The International Scene Since The 1980s Cre