Mittwoch, 08. Juni 2022, 17:00 - 18:30 iCal

Kinship and Taiwanese queer cinema

VCTS Lecture

SIN 1
Spitalgasse 2 Hof 2. Entrance 2.3, 1090 Wien

Lecture

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Taiwan has become known for the production of queer films. They range from Tsai Ming-Liang’s arthouse explorations since Rebels of the Neon God (Qingshaonian Nezha, 1992) to the popular queer romance triangle cycle initiated by Blue Gate Crossing (Lanse Da Men, Yee Chih-yen, 2002), Zero Chou’s lesbian-queer cinema, recent dramas like Dear Tenant (Qingai de Fangke, Cheng Yu-Chieh, 2020) and Huang Hui-Chen’s documentary Small Talk, about growing up with a lesbian mother (Richang Duihua, 2016). No doubt, the end of martial law, the relaxation of censorship and social transformation are the pre-conditions that have made it possible for Taiwan to emerge as the centre of queer cinema in the Sinitic cultural sphere. In this introductory talk, I argue that these films differ from North European and North American queer cinema. Rather than emphasizing coming out as leaving the birth family behind, the key driver of the drama is how to reconcile queer identities with kinship roles.

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Veranstalter

Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies

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Kontakt

Astrid Lipinsky
Universität Wien
Institut für Ostasienwissenschaften
+431427743844
astrid.lipinsky@univie.ac.at

Erstellt am Sonntag, 27. Februar 2022, 10:04
Letzte Änderung am Montag, 13. Juni 2022, 07:52