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| 尋找臺灣當代酷兒電影中《梁山伯與祝英台》 及「凌波熱」論述之遺緒 |
| Eternal Love for Love Eterne: The Discourse and Legacy of Love Eterne and the Lingbo Frenzy in Contemporary Queer Films in Taiwan |
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王君琦 |
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Chun-Chi Wang |
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Love Eterne,
Lingbo,
Lingbo frenzy,
female feminine masculinity,
female homoeroticism,
maternal imaginary,
The Peony Pavilion,
Love Me,
If You Can
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| Abstract |
This paper examines the cultural meaning of Love Eterne (Liang Shanbo yu Zhu Yingtai, dir. Li Han-Xiang, 1963) from the perspective of queer history. I argue that the cross-influence of the cinematic representation of cross-dressing and extra-cinematic star discourse about the famous performer Lingbo (Ivy Ling Po) render her the epitome of female feminine masculinity, and her popularity among female fans, thus, can be read beyond a hetero-centric interpretation. Moreover, engaging with Taiwan's cultural history from the perspective of a queer-positioned reader provides a different understanding of the journalistic accounts of the highly emotional and affective star-fan interaction as a form of representation, illuminating a homoerotic subtext. Through the narrative tropes and motifs of cross-dressing, female singing, and most importantly, female feminine masculinity as an object of women's desire, two contemporary queer films—The Peony Pavilion (Wo de meili yu aichou, dir. Chen Kuo-Fu, 1995) and Love Me, If You Can (Feiyue qinghai, dir. Alice Wang, 2003)—exemplify the legacy of Love Eterne and the Lingbo frenzy in the representation of female homoeroticism. This establishment of a genealogical relationship between the discourse of Love Eterne and contemporary queer films is proposed as a supplement to enrich the scholarship that conceptualizes the representations of female homoeroticism in the Taiwanese cultural context. |
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