The "Aroma of Citrus" as Transnational Queer Digital Culture : Girls' Love Webtoons in Contemporary China
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| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 208–212 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal / Publication | Communication, Culture and Critique |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Online published | 27 Mar 2024 |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 2024 |
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Abstract
This commentary focuses on a rising transnational queer Chinese digital culture—Girls’ Love (GL) webtoons. I consider this queer women-focused entertainment as an epitome of the queer convergence of transnational flows, women’s cultures, and digital platform technologies in today’s Asia. My discussion sheds light on its multilayered queer-transnational characteristics, as well as the controversies surrounding its transcultural mediation of queer women. Rather than simplifying it as an anti-heterocentric Chinese convergence culture in an age of globalization and digitization, I highlight GL webtoons’ role in stimulating various voices concerning women during transnational encounters of gender and sexual knowledge. © The Author(s) 2024.
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- Girls’ Love (GL), queer China, transnational, webtoons
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The "Aroma of Citrus" as Transnational Queer Digital Culture: Girls' Love Webtoons in Contemporary China. / Zhao, Jamie J.
In: Communication, Culture and Critique, Vol. 17, No. 3, 09.2024, p. 208–212.
In: Communication, Culture and Critique, Vol. 17, No. 3, 09.2024, p. 208–212.
Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
