《文化研究月報》：近代亞洲電影中的酷兒

編輯：吳佳琪

2006年11月的《文化研究月報》，徵求探討亞洲（東亞及東南亞）電影及酷兒主題之學術論文或深度影評。本期月報歡迎各領域及各地學者針對以下或其他相關議題書寫之稿件，中英文皆可。

＊ 與酷兒相關之本土或國際影展調查

＊ 前現代非異性戀之文化傳統於電影中之再現

＊ 酷兒地景（queerscape）及電影獨特視覺或風格之關係

＊ 酷兒主體性及其他身份認同政治之糾結或及衝突

＊ 國族主義及全球化發展與酷兒電影之關係

＊ 文化理論架構之重新詮釋，有助瞭解近代亞洲電影中非異性戀情慾之呈現

＊ 酷兒與camp美學

＊ 酷兒電影與該國當地輿論、社會論述及運動之關係

來稿或詢問請寄：

吳佳琪（國立臺灣師範大學英語系助理教授）

jiaqiwu@yahoo.com

Cultural Studies Monthly Call for Papers

Thinking Queer in Asian Cinema

Deadline: Oct 1, 2006

Guest Editor: Chia-chi Wu

As Brokeback Mountain revamps the iconography of one of the oldest American genres and scores box-office triumphs worldwide as an 「art gay cowboy film」, contemporary filmmakers in Asia have also seemed to explore uncharted queer themes and redraw the art cinema/mainstream production divide. To name just a few examples, The King and the Clown (Lee Jun-ik, 2005), an explicit gay-themed film set in pre-modern times, is said to be one of the highest grossing films in South Korea. Beautiful Boxer (Thailand, Ekachai Uekrongtham, 2003) and Splendid Afloat (Taiwan, Zero Chou, 2004) feature male protagonists with transvestite tendencies but engaging in professions of which macho-masculinity is considered as a quintessential constituent. Moreover, Butterfly (Hong Kong, Yan Yan Mak, 2004) and The Intimates (Jacob Cheung, 2004) have exhibited, in strictly and legitimately female homoerotic terms, visible female-female sexuality that is probably unprecedented in Chinese language commercial productions. For its November 2006 issue, Cultural Studies Monthly is inviting essays or critical reviews on Asian films that evince various degrees and a wide range of queer sensibilities. The issue welcomes contributions (in English or Chinese) on related topics, but is not confined to the follows:

* new theoretical or conceptual frameworks in understanding queer emotions or desire in Asian cinema; or questions raised by Asian cinema for queer theory or practice

* queer subjectivities crisscrossed with other axes of identity formation or in relation to other structures of oppression, such as gender, class, race or ethnicity, age, etc..

* the figuring of nationality, transnationality or globality in queer culture

* films that point to the ties between pre-modern queer traditions to contemporary eroticism

* queer and space, or 「queerscape」 as molded by peculiar cinematic visuality or stylistics

* survey of any local or international g/l/q film festival, either located in Asia or boasting a strong showcase of Asian queer films

* camp aesthetics

* films resonating with activism, public opinion or other social discourses on queer subjects

Cultural Studies Monthly (http://www.cc.ncu.edu.tw/~csa/journal/56/park_56.htm) is an online journal launched by CSA Taiwan (Cultural Studies Taiwan). It is a non-referential, non-peer-reviewed publication. Both English and Chinese submissions are welcome. Strong English submissions will also, upon the author』s approval, be submitted to Film Appreciation (dianying xinshang published by Taipei Film Archive, its peer-reviewed film paper section) for its potential publication in Chinese translation.

Please send submissions to

Chia-chi Wu

jiaqiwu@yahoo.com

(Assistant Professor, Department of English

University of National Taiwan Normal University)