Queer latent images, post-loyalism, and the Cold War : the case of an early sinophone star, Bai Yun

• Main Author: Hee, Wai Siam
• Other Authors: School of Humanities
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Humanities::History; Humanities::Language; Chineseness; Cold War; Post-Loyalist; Star; Sinophone
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/154999; https://muse.jhu.edu/article/761814
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This essay applies Sinophone theory and star theory to set the career of early Sinophone star Bai Yun (1916-1982) in its Second Sino-Japanese War to Cold War context, using materials from early newspapers, magazines, Bai Yun’s own writings, and memoirs to analyze his alternative queer latent images...