Outputs (8)

Sexuality and politics: ‘Coming out’ in German and Chinese queer films (2021)
Book Chapter
Bao, H. (2021). Sexuality and politics: ‘Coming out’ in German and Chinese queer films. In Research Handbook on Political Propaganda (156-167). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789906424.00018

This chapter analyses the ‘coming out’ narratives represented in two queer films from different cultural contexts: Coming Out (dir. Heiner Carow, GDR, 1989) and Lan Yu (dir. Stanley Kwan, China, 2001). Both films feature gay men’s ‘coming out’ experi... Read More about Sexuality and politics: ‘Coming out’ in German and Chinese queer films.

Sharing Food, Vulnerability and Intimacy in a Global Pandemic: The Digital Art of the Chinese Diaspora in Europe (2021)
Journal Article
Bao, H. (2021). Sharing Food, Vulnerability and Intimacy in a Global Pandemic: The Digital Art of the Chinese Diaspora in Europe. Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, 8(2-3), 129-145. https://doi.org/10.1386/JCCA_00041_1

This article examines the digital artworks created by three Chinese diaspora artists based in Europe: Berlin-based queer filmmaker Fan Popo’s short digital video Lerne Deutsch in meiner Küche (‘Learn German in my kitchen’), London-based performance a... Read More about Sharing Food, Vulnerability and Intimacy in a Global Pandemic: The Digital Art of the Chinese Diaspora in Europe.

What Does China’s Cultural War Say About Culture? (2021)
Journal Article
BAO, H. (2021). What Does China’s Cultural War Say About Culture?. Film Quarterly,

A ‘cultural war’ is taking place in China: from the banning of effeminate young men on film and television to the censorship of boys’ love fan fiction; from the restriction of video game hours for young people to the banning of commercial tutoring fo... Read More about What Does China’s Cultural War Say About Culture?.

Envisioning and Enacting a Pan-Asian Political Identity: The Cultural Politics of the First ‘Stop Asian Hate UK’ Protests (2021)
Journal Article
Bao, H. (2021). Envisioning and Enacting a Pan-Asian Political Identity: The Cultural Politics of the First ‘Stop Asian Hate UK’ Protests. Sociological Review, https://doi.org/10.51428/tsr.crwi5533

This article focuses on the opportunities and challenges of the newly emerged pan-Asian political identity following the recent transnational ‘Stop Asian Hate’ movement. Using the recent ‘Stop Asian Hate’ Birmingham rally as a case study, this articl... Read More about Envisioning and Enacting a Pan-Asian Political Identity: The Cultural Politics of the First ‘Stop Asian Hate UK’ Protests.

A Queer Way of Life: Ren Hang’s Photography (2021)
Journal Article
Bao, H. (2021). A Queer Way of Life: Ren Hang’s Photography. Yishu, 20(1), 67-80

This article focuses on queer representations in Ren’s artworks gathered from the private collections of his friends. In doing so, I hope to expand on the existing critique of heteronormative essentialism in contemporary art and popular culture in Ch... Read More about A Queer Way of Life: Ren Hang’s Photography.

The Power of Communication: Intergeneration, Intermediality and Transculturality in Documentary Theatre About My Parents and Their Child (2021)
Book Chapter
Bao, H. (2021). The Power of Communication: Intergeneration, Intermediality and Transculturality in Documentary Theatre About My Parents and Their Child. In F. Gilardi, & C. Lam (Eds.), Transmedia in Asia and the Pacific: Industry, Practice and Transcultural Dialogues (233-258). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7857-1_11

About My Parents and Their Child is a play commissioned by Ibsen International, directed by Matthias Jochmann and performed in Beijing and Shanghai in 2016 and 2017. It was one of the first times that documentary theatre as an art form appeared in Ch... Read More about The Power of Communication: Intergeneration, Intermediality and Transculturality in Documentary Theatre About My Parents and Their Child.

Change the World Gently with Singing: Queer Choirs in China (2021)
Book Chapter
Bao, H. (2021). Change the World Gently with Singing: Queer Choirs in China. In Sound Communities: Music, Media, and Technology in the Asia Pacific (193-209). Bloomsbury Publishing

This chapter examines the production and dissemination of musical cultures in gender and sexual minority communities for political and activist purposes in the Asia Pacific, using the Beijing Queer Chorus (BQC) as a case study. As the longest running... Read More about Change the World Gently with Singing: Queer Choirs in China.

Being LGB in China (2021)
Book Chapter
Bao, H. (2021). Being LGB in China. In P. Gerber (Ed.), Worldwide perspectives on lesbians, gays and bisexuals: culture, history and law. Volume 3, The global picture (119-137). Praeger Press

As the most populous country in the world, the People’s Republic of China (PRC, otherwise known as mainland China) has an estimated 40 million lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) residents. In a country where homosexuality has only recently been decrim... Read More about Being LGB in China.