This book looks closely at some of the most significant films within the field of queer Sinophone cinema. Examining queerness in films produced in the PRC; Taiwan and Hong Kong; the book merges the Sinophone with the queer; theorising both concepts as local and global; homebound as well as diasporic. Queerness in this book not only problematises the positioning of non-normative desires within the Sinophone; it also challenges Eurocentric critical perspectives on filmic representation that are tied to the idea of the binary between East/West. New Queer Sinophone Cinema will appeal to scholars in Chinese and film studies; as well as to anyone who is interested in queer Chinese cinema.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Important HistoryBy Bonnie RosenstockIts a terrific book. which I used to help me write up an article on black ballerinas.4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. An icon in the modern dance world. Joan Myers Brown is a Philly legend. If only the typeface was easier to read.By Steve RammIn Philadelphia (where I live) Joan Myers Brown is a modern legend. Last year she celebrated her 80th birthday and the 40th Anniversary of PhilaDanco. the primarily-Black modern dance company. PhilaDancos semi-annual weekend-long programs at Phillys Kimmel Center nearly always sell out well in advance. While Ive been a big fan of Browns dance troupe since near its beginning. I knew little about her. except that she formed a dance school in the city to train minority children and give them a place to perform. (Early performances were in a school auditorium in West Philly.).This book by Brenda Dixon Gottschild - a professor at Temple University - Tells the story of Browns professional career. which began after she injured foot as a child and her mother sent her for dance lessons. She later went on the stage to perform on the cabaret circuit with artists like Sammy Davis Jr. Returning to Philly she formed the Philadelphia School of Dance and sought out creative collaborators like Robert Battles. Rennie Harris and Ronald K. Brown to create a true competitor to the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater Company. which often overshadows PhilaDanco in image. but not in talent.You wont learn a lot about Browns personal life in this book and dont be swayed by the "ballerina" in the title. Brown does train her students in ballet but shes best known for modern dance moves. The book is hefty and not always smooth reading. Gottschild is. after all. a college professor. And the 282 pages of basic text (there are Appendices and an Index as well) are deceiving in size. This book has a typeface that is not easy to read and one of the smallest size fonts I can remember seeing in a book recently.The book will appeal to anyone interested in dance culture as well as how a Black dancer succeeded in a mostly White dance world.I hope you found this review both helpful and entertaining.Steve Ramm"Anything Phonographic"1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A timely testament to a legendary role modelBy Troy of AALBC . comAgainst the odds. Ms. Brown built her organization. The Philadelphia Dance Company. aka Philadanco a professional company for her top students who found themselves unwelcome at lily-white institutions still practicing racial discrimination. over the ensuing decades into a leading ensemble with an international reputation for excellence which simultaneously served as a career springboard for top artists of color. This phenomenal accomplishment is glowing recounted in Joan Myers Brown the Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina. a biography which actually is as much a an intimate memoir about an intrepid pioneer as it is a chronicle of the African-American struggle for civil rights during the 20th Century.Read the full review and more book reviews from AALBC.com on your Kindle Edition
