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LESBIANSCAPE OF TAIWAN:
MEDIA HISTORY OF TAIWAN’S LESBIANS
by
Chun-Chi Wang
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(CINEMA-TELEVISION CRITICAL STUDIES)
August 2007
Copyright 2007 Chun-Chi Wang
Object Description
| Title | Lesbianscape of Taiwan: media history of Taiwan's lesbians |
| Author | Wang, Chun-Chi |
| Author email | chunchiw@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Cinema-Television (Critical Studies) |
| School | School of Cinema-Television |
| Date defended/completed | 2007-05-03 |
| Date submitted | 2007 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2007-07-27 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Kinder, Marsha |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Jaikumar, Priya Halberstam, Judith |
| Abstract | Lesbianscape: Media History of Taiwan's Lesbians is a historical and theoretical study of discourses and media representations of sexuality around female intimacy, desire, and contemporary lesbian/nu tongzhi identity in the cultural context of post-war Taiwan. It argues that the subject of nu tongzhi/lesbian identity in contemporary Taiwan is a hybrid product resulting from constant negotiation and dialogue with Anglo-American ideologies of homosexuality, as well as contestations over the disputed national identities of contemporary Taiwan. Addressing the role of the media in introducing and advocating liberal sexual politics, this dissertation describes a process both of the reinscription and reappropriation of Western discourse and representations of sexuality.; The examination that this project undertakes includes, but is not limited to, the past two decades that have seen the rise of a tongzhi (gay and lesbian) subject in Taiwan. Engaging in multiple methodologies, including textual analysis, discourse analysis, and survey research, this study reveals queer moments in the socio-cultural context of postwar Taiwan that can be of value for nu tongzhi/lesbians to construct their identities and articulate their desires. Linking these queer moments proposes a possible Chinese epistemology of nu tongzhi/lesbians that reflects and challenges the global dominance of Western ideologies and theories of homosexuality. Furthermore, those queer moments that enable a new way of comprehending sexual identities outside a Western cultural context have to be understood as tactics embedded in everyday life practices in order to be perceived. While many critical studies on non-Western lesbians, gays, and queers focus the spotlight on the activist perspective, this project proposes another counter-argument against the hetero-hegemony of popular culture. Exploring the cultural representation of female homosexuality in Taiwan thus suggests a strategy that goes beyond a series of binaries, such as East vs. West, local vs. global, and high vs. low, in order to mobilize dominant powers and ideologies as mediation to re-theorize the experience of a transnational (or postcolonial) sexual subject. |
| Keyword | lesbian/nu tongzhi; cultural visibility; transnationalism; film; television; queer discourse |
| Geographic subject (country) | Taiwan |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m701 |
| Rights | Wang, Chun-Chi |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Wang-20070727 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume40/etd-Wang-20070727.pdf |
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| Full text | LESBIANSCAPE OF TAIWAN: MEDIA HISTORY OF TAIWAN’S LESBIANS by Chun-Chi Wang A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (CINEMA-TELEVISION CRITICAL STUDIES) August 2007 Copyright 2007 Chun-Chi Wang |
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