Queer vernacularism
Minor transnationalism across Hong Kong and Singapore
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3877825 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anthony Kw Wong (0000-0001-8005-564X, University of Hong Kong, corresponding author), Alvin K Wong (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 49-67 |
| Publication date | 2020-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cultural Dynamics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0921-3740 • E-ISSN: 1461-7048 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0921374019900698 |
| OpenAlex | W3000907898 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 35 |
This essay explores the queer literary modernism of Hong Kong and Singapore since the 1990s to make several interventions. While the two cities have been studied as exemplars of postcolonial state formation in which finance capitalism contributes to the rise of modernity, their queer modernism in the literary and cultural spheres has largely escaped comparative studies. To address this blind spot, I examine two literary texts of gay male urbanism, namely Bryan Yip's 2003 Hong Kong queer novel, Suddenly Single and Johann S. Lee's 1992 coming-of-age queer Singaporean novel, Peculiar Chris, as cases of "queer vernacularism." Specifically, Yip and Lee's queer vernacular modernism-especially their references to Hong Kong and Singaporean popular culture, urban space, and soundscapes of modernity-altogether exceeds the familiar boundary of queer transnationalism and actualizes other modes of minor transnational desire. This essay concludes with a brief analysis of Yonfan's 1995 Hong Kong film Bugis Street, which visualizes the bygone past of Singapore's 1950-1970s sexual utopia and transgender imaginary
Art · Art history · Literature · Modernism (music · Modernity · Political science · Politics · Queer · Sociology · Transnationalism · Urbanism · Vernacular · Visual arts · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Gender Studies · History · Japanese History and Culture · Socioeconomic Development in Asia · Architecture
Cinema, Space, and Polylocality in a Globalizing China
Postcolonialism
Liberalism Disavowed
The Mass Production of the Senses
The New Homonormativity
Provincializing Europe
Fallen Women, Rising Stars, New Horizons
The Concept of the Sinophone
Conditional SpacesHong Kong Lesbian Desires and Everyday Life
Undercurrents
Worlding Cities
Selected Subaltern studies
Impossible Desires
Becoming Japanese
Formations of Colonial Modernity in East Asia
In Search Of New Forms
Yellow Music
Rainbow belt
Writing Singapore Gay Identities
Remapping Hong Kong popular music
Queer Sinophone Cultures
Notes towards the queer Asian city
Global Divas
Queering the transnational turn
Racial Castration
Southeast Asia in Postcolonial Studies
In the Shadows of Stonewall
Flexible Citizenship
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.83 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |