Adopting a discourse-historical approach (DHA), we analyse how male influencers and their
followers co-construct a gender–state entanglement through social-mediated discussions …

This article investigates how young Chinese male fans interpret and engage with mediated
athletic bromances, drawing from interviews with university students who follow sports …

Queer media production research, almost exclusively conducted in the western context,
predominantly focuses on the queer-capital interplay and overlooks the role of the state in …

This article examines the web series Guardian (dir. Zhou Yuanzhou, 2018) as exemplary
cultural texts of Chinese danmei, which portrays homoeroticism and male queerness in …

Abstract The Thai Boys Love (BL) television series, or Y-series (abbreviation of the
Japanese yaoi), have become increasingly popular domestically and internationally …

Abstract Drawing on Stanley Fish's concept of interpretive communities, this article explores
the various transcultural interpretations of queer opacity, a Chinese variant of queerness …

This article examines one of the most sensational (and controversial) Chinese talk shows of
the post-2010 years, The Jinxing Show (TJS; 2015–2017), known for its host, Jin Xing …

Egao (spoofing), a popular form of Chinese parody, employs humorous and mocking
techniques in verbal and visual forms. Its grassroots nature often endows egao with an anti …

Boys love (BL) media, a transnational Asian genre centring on male couples, is gaining
global attention and academic discussion. As a queer genre, BL has received much positive …

On 2 September 2021, Mainland China's media regulator SARFT introduced guidelines to
'clean up'the entertainment sector, banning the 'sissy idols' trend and danmei 耽美 culture …