Farewell My Concubine

by Helen Hok-sze Leung

A Queer Film Classic: a consideration of Chen Kaige's acclaimed 1992 film set in the mid-twentieth century about two male Peking opera stars and the woman who comes between them, all set against the political turmoil of a China in transition. The film's treatment of gender performance and homosexuality was a first in Chinese cinema, and the subject of much controversy there. The movie, which helped to bring contemporary Chinese films onto the world...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1551523620
• ISBN13: 9781551523620
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 6.9"