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Andrew Grossman
These names represent either LGBTQ identified or
LGBTQ friendly scholars doing work in Queer Theory, Gender
Studies, LGBT Studies Women's Studies, Feminist Studies and
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 Queer
Asian Cinema : Shadows in the Shade by Andrew Grossman
(Editor)
Explore queer themes in
films from Hong Kong gangster flicks to Bollywood melodramas!
Although Asian films have reached a new height in popularity
worldwide, Queer Asian Cinema: Shadows in the Shade is the first
full-length book in English solely devoted to examining the
aesthetics and politics of homosexuality in Asian films.
This unique book presents multiple points of view on the portrayal
of gay, lesbian, and transgendered people in film throughout Asia.
From the subversive sadomasochism of Japan’s "pink
films" to the hard-boiled world of Hong Kong’s gangster
movies, Queer Asian Cinema analyzes and discusses attitudes toward
homosexuality in the full spectrum of Asian film. In addition to
studies of the representation of identified gay men, lesbians, and
transgendered individuals, it reveals the hidden homoerotic
subtext of otherwise conventional films.
Queer Asian Cinema: Shadows in the Shade examines diverse aspects
of Asian films, including:
 | the political and psychological links between
feudal and sadomasochist hierarchies
| the inevitable punishment of homoerotic bonds
in gangster films
| the integration of the homosexual couple into
the Confucian family structure in Korean films
| the complexities of cross-gender casting
| the differences between transvestism and
cross-dressing
| the definition of male genitalia as obscene
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Queer Asian Cinema: Shadows in the Shade brings
together experts in both film-making and movie criticism,
providing a balanced viewpoint to unite the worlds of academic and
popular perceptions on this subject. It opens an exciting
discussion of this important and largely neglected area of
cinematic discourse.
“SUPERB. . . . Covers a happily wide range of
styles . . . will appeal to both students and educated fans.” --
Gary Morris, Editor/Publisher, Bright Lights Film Journal
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Biography
Born in 1973, raised in New Jersey. Attended
Sarah Lawrence College as an undergraduate, finished graduate
studies at Rutgers University (with Louie Crew).
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Fields of Study
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Film |
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Twentieth-century
classical music, absurdist drama, philosophy |
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Published Works
Queer Asian Cinema: Shadows in the Shade,
ed. and co-author. (Harrington Park Press, 2001). A
full-length anthology of writings about GLBTQ Asian cinema.
"Between Western Feminism and Chinese Feminism: The Cinema of
Suffering and the Oppressions of Technological Beauty."
Essay on Chinese lesbian-feminist cinema, forthcoming in The
Asian Journal of Communications, 2001.
I have also published articles on Abbas Kiarostami, Nagisa Oshima,
Kaizad Gustad, Rajkumar Santoshi, Johnnie To, and others in
various journals.
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Current Projects
I am currently working on a semi-scholarly,
semi-satirical series of essays that consider the relationship
between realism and the cinematic role of the clown. I am also
(slowly) working on a proposed book about the 'category 3' (or
'adults-only') film in Hong Kong.
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