Hongwei Bao - Contemporary Chinese Queer Cinema: From Celluloid Comrades to Digital Video Activism
| Dates: | 30 November 2021 |
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| Times: | 12:30 - 13:30 |
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| What is it: | Webinar |
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| Organiser: | Manchester China Institute |
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| How much: | Free |
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| Speaker: | Dr. Hongwei Bao |
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This talk charts a brief history of queer representation on contemporary mainland Chinese screen since the 1990s, highlighting some of the key titles, directors, and styles. It will particularly focus on the community and the activist strand of queer film culture such as activist documentaries and queer film festivals. In doing so, it raises crucial questions about the relationship between film aesthetics and gender and sexual politics; it also explores how film culture participates in queer activism and shapes queer identity, community, and politics.
Speaker
Dr. Hongwei Bao
Role: Associate Professor in Media Studies
Organisation: University of Nottingham
Biography: Dr Hongwei Bao is Associate Professor in Media Studies at the University of Nottingham, UK, where he also directs the Centre for Contemporary East Asian Cultural Studies. He is the author of three research monographs on queer Chinese culture, respectively titled Queer Comrades, Queer China and Queer Media in China. He serves on the editorial boards of British Journal of Chinese Studies and Chinese Independent Cinema Observer, as well as the international advisory boards of Queer Asia book series (Hong Kong University Press), Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art and Refeng Xueshu. He also writes and edits a column titled Queer Lens for the Chinese Independent Film Archive.
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