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Volume 16, Number 2 (2016)
Regionalism, Regional Identity and Queer Asian Cinema
1. Introduction
Introduction: Six‐pack Twinks, Lipstick Dipsticks and Twice‐touched Teases: Queering the Stereotype in Asian Cinema
James A. Wren
Cover Image
James A. Wren and Reid Waterer
Contributors
James A. Wren
2. Articles
'Opting‐out': The Cinematic Representation of Hijra in Santhosh Souparnika's Ardhanaari (2012)
T. K. Sreedevi
Gays and Society, Home and the Self: A Study of Rituparno Ghosh's Gay Trilogy
Akaitab Mukherjee and Rajni Singh
When the Subaltern Screams: Pedophilia and Patriarchy in Humayun Ahmed's Pleasure Boy Kômola (2012)
Golam Rabbani
The Seductive Power of Digital Technology: Gay (Re)presentations and the 'Coming out' of Independent Film in Philippine Cinema
Roberto Reyes Ang
Trans Reality: A Singaporean Malay Muslim in/as a Dance Documentary
Jun Zubillaga‐Pow
Changing LGBT Narratives in Turkish Cinema
Murat Akser
Drag Queens, Thorny Devils and Frilled Lizards: 'Queerness' Takes to the Outback in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
Linda Rohrer Paige
Off‐Genre: Notes on (Dis)‐Locating Ôshima Nagisa's Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Katsuhiko Suganuma
Hong Kong Women's Queer Porn Tastes and Twink Fantasies
Katrien Jacobs
Queer Love in Wong Kar Wai's Happy Together (1997)
Chin‐Yi Chung
When Is a Gay‐themed Film Not a Tongzhi Film? Yaoi, BL Films and Gay Exploitation Cinema in Chinese Culture
Siu Yan Xavier Tam
Free‐Indirect‐Discourse Reboot: Beijing Queer Independent Cinema as a Mediating Environment
Victor Fan
3. Directors' Roundtable
A Directors' Roundtable: Introducing Anysay Keola, Leon Cheo, S. Louisa Wei and Reid Waterer
James A. Wren (Moderator), Anysay Keola, Leon Cheo, and S. Louisa Wei
4. Cinematic Shorts
Swing (2010) [Singapore]
Leon Cheo (Director)
A Guy Buying a Condom for First Time [ Sri Lanka]
Uday Ogra (Director)
Love Story of a Lovely Tomboy
Oji Nguyễn (Director)
'Do You, Andy?' [Taiwan]
Portico Media Productions
I Accept Me: A Short Romantic Silent Film
Danish Khan (Director)
You Can't Curry Love (2009) [India and USA]
Reid Waterer (Director)
When I Become Silent
Hyoe Yamamoto (Director)
5. Review Essays
A Review of Three Important Works
Frank Jacob
Review of Fire: A Queer Film Classic, by Shohini Gosh
Crista Zeller Thomas
Review of Rising Sun, Divided Land: Japanese and South Korean Filmmakers, by Kate E. Taylor-Jones
Hyon Joo Yoo
Review of Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010), Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Kenneth Dobson
Guest Editor
James A. Wren
Issue Information
Title: Regionalism, Regional Identity and Queer Asian Cinema
Volume 16, Number 2
2016