‘Shanghai is Burning’: Extravaganza, transgender representation and transnational cinema

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‘Shanghai is Burning’: Extravaganza, transgender representation and transnational cinema

This article offers a critical analysis of Matthew Baren’s 2018 film Extravaganza, a documentary about drag scenes in Shanghai. By focusing on some drag characters represented in this film, in tandem with an examination of the social and industry contexts of the film, as well as my interviews with t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bao, Hongwei
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sage 2018
Subjects:	extravaganza queer film transgender transnational cinema
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/55701/

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