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‘Shanghai is Burning’: Extravaganza, transgender representation and transnational cinema (2018)
Journal Article
Bao, H. (2018). ‘Shanghai is Burning’: Extravaganza, transgender representation and transnational cinema. Global Media and China, 3(4), 233-255. https://doi.org/10.1177/2059436418818274

© The Author(s) 2018. This article offers a critical analysis of Matthew Baren’s 2018 film Extravaganza, a documentary about drag scenes in Shanghai. By focusing on some drag performers represented in this film, in tandem with an examination of the s... Read More about ‘Shanghai is Burning’: Extravaganza, transgender representation and transnational cinema.

From 'celluloid comrades' to 'digital video activism': queer filmmaking in postsocialist China (2018)
Journal Article
Bao, H. (2018). From 'celluloid comrades' to 'digital video activism': queer filmmaking in postsocialist China. JOMEC Journal, 12, https://doi.org/10.18573/jomec.171

Although homosexuality was decriminalised in 1997 and partially depathologised in 2001, LGBTQ issues are still strictly censored in Chinese media. With the rapid growth of China’s LGBTQ community, an increasing number of independent films featuring L... Read More about From 'celluloid comrades' to 'digital video activism': queer filmmaking in postsocialist China.