Tingting Hu, "Victims, Perpetrators and Professionals: The Representation of Women in Chinese Crime Films" (Liverpool UP, 2021)

Sep 9, 2023

Tingting Hu discusses the representation of women in Chinese crime films, including victims, perpetrators, and professionals, and how they reflect traditional Chinese values. She also explores the emergence and impact of Chinese Boys Love culture in China, as well as the role of the Chinese state in queer media production. Tingting Hu applies Western feminist theories to the Chinese context and emphasizes the importance of challenging stereotypes in Chinese media. Additionally, she discusses gender and fan perspectives on Chinese Bell stories and English speaking fans.

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Introduction

00:00 • 6min

Representation of Women in Chinese Crime Films

05:50 • 12min

Exploring Chinese Boys Love (B.L.) Culture and Audio Dramas

17:44 • 9min

Applying Western Feminist Theories to the Chinese Context

27:03 • 4min

Exploring Gender and Fan Perspectives on Chinese Bell Stories

30:37 • 3min

How are women represented in Chinese crime films? In what ways do the representation reflect traditional Chinese values and contemporary Chinese social-cultural norms? How did boys’ love culture emerge in China? What is the role of the Chinese state in queer media production and queer culture in China? In a conversation with Joanne Kuai, PhD candidate at Karlstad University, Sweden, and an affiliated PhD student at NIAS, Tingting Hu talked about her book Victims, Perpetrators and Professionals: The Representation of Women in Chinese Crime Films and her latest research on A Transmedia ‘Third’ Space: The Counterculture of Chinese Boys’ Love Audio Dramas.

Tingting Hu is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Media and Communication, Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University. Her research interest lies in the articulation of film, media and cultural studies with feminist theories, and transmedia studies in various social and cultural contexts. You can connect with Tingting at tingting.hu_academic@hotmail.com.

Victims, Perpetrators and Professionals examines the representation of women in relation to violence in Chinese crime films made on the mainland, and in Hong Kong and Taiwan. It introduces a new trajectory in the investigation of the cinematic representation of female figures in relation to gender issues by interweaving Western feminist and postfeminist critiques with traditional Chinese sociocultural discourse.

The Nordic Asia Podcast is a collaboration sharing expertise on Asia across the Nordic region, brought to you by the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) based at the University of Copenhagen, along with our academic partners: the Centre for East Asian Studies at the University of Turku, Asianettverket at the University of Oslo, and the Stockholm Centre for Global Asia at Stockholm University. We aim to produce timely, topical, and well-edited discussions of new research and developments about Asia.

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