Alvin Ka Hin Wong
Biographic Data
| ID | 5040780 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alvin Ka Hin Wong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alvin Ka Hin |
| FAMILY NAME | Wong |
| SIGNATURE | WONG A K H |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Transgenderism as a Heuristic Device
This essay engages with the charge of anachronism in queer historical analysis by deconstructing the category of "transgender" in the case of literary and cinematic adapations across time, space, and genre. I unpack the Ming dynasty folklore The Legend of the White Snake as a particularly queer case of cross-historical and transnational adapations in queer Sinophone cultures
From the Transnational to the Sinophone
This article theorizes global lesbian cinema in Chinese-language films through regionalism, diaspora studies, and Sinophone studies. Through an inter-regional analysis of Butterfly (Yan Yan Mak, 2004, Hong Kong) and diasporic and Sinophone readings of Saving Face (Alice Wu, 2005, USA), I argue that Mak's film illustrates a Hong Kong regional retranslation of a Taiwanese lesbian story, which complicates any claim to a stable "Chinese" identity. Fi…
Queering Chineseness, Unthinking Neoliberalism
Book Review| June 01 2008 QUEERING CHINESENESS, UNTHINKING NEOLIBERALISM Desiring China: Experiments in Neoliberalism, Sexuality, and Public Culture Lisa Rofel Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2007. x + 251 pp. Alvin Ka Hin Wong Alvin Ka Hin Wong Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google GLQ (2008) 14 (2-3): 428–430. https://doi.org/10.1215/10642684-2007-041 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permi…
Queering Chineseness, Unthinking Neoliberalism
Book Review| June 01 2008 QUEERING CHINESENESS, UNTHINKING NEOLIBERALISM Desiring China: Experiments in Neoliberalism, Sexuality, and Public Culture Lisa Rofel Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2007. x + 251 pp. Alvin Ka Hin Wong Alvin Ka Hin Wong Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google GLQ (2008) 14 (2-3): 428–430. https://doi.org/10.1215/10642684-2007-041 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permi…
Queering Chineseness, Unthinking Neoliberalism
Book Review| June 01 2008 QUEERING CHINESENESS, UNTHINKING NEOLIBERALISM Desiring China: Experiments in Neoliberalism, Sexuality, and Public Culture Lisa Rofel Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2007. x + 251 pp. Alvin Ka Hin Wong Alvin Ka Hin Wong Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google GLQ (2008) 14 (2-3): 428–430. https://doi.org/10.1215/10642684-2007-041 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permi…
Transgenderism as a Heuristic Device
This essay engages with the charge of anachronism in queer historical analysis by deconstructing the category of "transgender" in the case of literary and cinematic adapations across time, space, and genre. I unpack the Ming dynasty folklore The Legend of the White Snake as a particularly queer case of cross-historical and transnational adapations in queer Sinophone cultures
From the Transnational to the Sinophone
This article theorizes global lesbian cinema in Chinese-language films through regionalism, diaspora studies, and Sinophone studies. Through an inter-regional analysis of Butterfly (Yan Yan Mak, 2004, Hong Kong) and diasporic and Sinophone readings of Saving Face (Alice Wu, 2005, USA), I argue that Mak's film illustrates a Hong Kong regional retranslation of a Taiwanese lesbian story, which complicates any claim to a stable "Chinese" identity. Fi…
Sociology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (1 work) · Chinese history and philosophy (1 work)