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Boys' love, cosplay, and androgynous idols : queer fan cultures in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan /

Chinese-speaking popular cultures have never been so queer in this digital, globalist age. The title of this pioneering volume, Boys' Love, Cosplay, and Androgynous Idols: Queer Fan Cultures in Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan already gives an idea of the colorful, multifaceted realms the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Zhao, Jing Jamie (Editor), Yang, Ling, 1972- (Editor), Lavin, Maud (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2017.
Hong Kong [China] : Hong Kong University Press, [2017]
Series:Queer Asia.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Jing Jamie Zhao, Ling Yang, and Maud Lavin
  • I. Mainland China
  • 1. Chinese danmei fandom and cultural globalization from below / Ling Yang and Yanrui Xu
  • 2. Cosplay, cuteness, and weiniang : the queered ke'ai of male cosplayers as "fake girls" / Shih-chen Chao
  • 3. "The world of grand union" : engendering trans/nationalism via boys' love in online Chinese hetalia fandom / Ling Yang
  • 4. Queering the post-L word shane in the "Garden of Eden" : Chinese fans' gossip about Katherine Moennig / Jing Jamie Zhao
  • 5. From online BL fandom to the CCTV Spring Festival Gala : the transforming power of online carnival
  • Shuyan Zhou
  • 6. Dongfang Bubai, online fandom, and the gender politics of a legendary queer icon in post-Mao China / Egret Lulu Zhou
  • II. Hong Kong
  • 7. Desiring queer, negotiating normal : Denise Ho (HOCC) fandom before and after the coming-out / Eva Cheuk Yin Li
  • 8. Hong Kong-based fans of mainland idol Li Yuchun : elective belonging, gender ambiguity, and rooted cosmopolitanism / Maud Lavin
  • III. Taiwan
  • 9. Exploring the Significance of "Japaneseness" : a case study of Fujoshi's BL fantasies in Taiwan / Weijung Chang
  • 10. Girls who love boys' love : BL as goods to think with in Taiwan (with a revised and updated coda) / Fran Martin.