The Cross-Gender Performances of Yam Kim-Fei, or the Queer Factor in Postwar Hong Kong Cantonese Opera/Opera Films
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3607848 |
|---|---|
| Authors | See-Kam Tan (Nanyang Technological University, corresponding author), Tan See Kam (0000-0002-5717-7152, Nanyang Technological University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 201-211 |
| Publication date | 2000-11-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1300/j082v39n03_08 |
| PMID | 11133132 |
| OpenAlex | W2114439191 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This essay is designed as a brief historical examination of the Cantonese female cross-dressing star Yam Kim-Fei, whose hundreds of films and opera performances in the '50s and '60s have made her one of the century's most celebrated transvestite artists. While her craft has often been relegated to studies of gender alone, I assert that the traditions of Chinese operatic transvestism she employs are not merely a relativist historical-artistic mode without political relevance but can be justifiably reclaimed for the purposes of queer interpretation and spectatorship-for indeed their original intent coincides very well with what we call "queer" today
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Craft · Interpretation (philosophy · Lesbian · Opera · Political science · Politics · Queer · Queer theory · Sociology · Transvestism · Visual arts · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |