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Farewell My Concubine

A Queer Film Classic

ISBN-13: 9781551523620

Author(s): Helen Hok-Sze Leung

Subjects: APF, ATF, ATK

Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press

Publisher Imprint: Arsenal Pulp Press

Publication Date: 13-01-2011

Format: Paperback / softback

Availability: In stock

£14.99
Farewell My Concubine

About the book

Farewell My Concubine, one of three new Queer Film Classics to be published in late 2010, is a thought-provoking consideration of Chen Kaige's acclaimed 1992 Chinese film set in the mid-20th century about two male Peking opera stars and the woman who comes between them, set against the political turmoil of a China in transition. The film's treatment of gender performance and homosexuality was a first in Chinese cinema and the subject of much controversy there. This book places the film in its historical and cultural context while drawing on fresh insights.