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Author Stokes, Lisa Odham, author.

Title Peter Ho-sun Chan's He's a woman, she's a man / Lisa Odham Stokes.

Publication Info. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press ; London : Eurospan [distributor], 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 150 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series New Hong Kong cinema series
New Hong Kong cinema.
Note "Director Peter Chan's ... romantic comedy: He's a woman, she's a man (Golden branch, jade leaf/Gam ji yuk sip/Jin zhi yu ye ...)"--Page [1].
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Includes filmography (pages 149-150).
Summary This comedy confronts social stereotypes of masculine females, male anxieties about homosexuality and the limits of female femininity. The book also offers background on comedic narrative structure in Cantonese opera and other traditional sources that have influenced Hong Kong cinema.
Contents Cover; PETER HO-SUN CHAN'S -- He's a Woman, She's a Man; Copyright; Table of Contents; Series Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Comedy and More; 2. Camera, Sound, and Music; 3. Cross-Dressing, Gender-Bending, and Sexual Orientation; 4. Commerce and Globalization; 5. Audience; Notes; Credits; Filmography.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Chen, Kexin, 1962- -- Criticism and interpretation.
Chen, Kexin, 1962-
Criticism and interpretation.
Jin zhi yu ye (Motion picture)
Kexin, Chen.
Gam chi yuk sip.
Motion pictures -- China -- Hong Kong.
Motion pictures.
China -- Hong Kong.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Title He's a woman, she's a man
Jin zhi yu ye.
Gam chi yuk sip.
Golden branch.
Jade leaf.
Other Form: Print version: Stokes, Lisa Odham. Peter Ho-sun Chan's He's a woman, she's a man. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press ; London : Eurospan [distributor], 2009 9789622099708 (DLC) 2010381379 (OCoLC)317752959
ISBN 9789888052622 (electronic book)
9888052624 (electronic book)
9789622099708 (paperback)
962209970X (paperback)
Standard No. 9786612709227