Overview

This collection critically examines the translation of international queer media and popular culture in China, offering insights into how queer media travels across international borders and interacts with mainstream media flows and local cultures. The book brings together work from queer translation studies as well as emergent research on methodologies and online subcultures to explore not only textual translation but reception and media cultures. Case studies range from television shows such as Heartstopper to The L Word and films such as Carol and Call Me by Your Name. In exploring diverse genres and forms of media, chapters collectively elucidate the ways in which popular culture can transmit ideas about sexuality and subsequently, how these ideas are negotiated, adapted, and altered in translation. This book will be of interest to students and scholars in translation studies, Chinese studies, gender and sexuality studies, and media studies. The Open Access version of this book, available at Home | Taylor & Francis eBooks, Reference Works and Collections , has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 International license.

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Author:   Ting Guo ,  Jonathan Evans
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.550kg
ISBN:  

9781041071488

ISBN 10:   1041071485
Pages:   198
Publication Date:   26 March 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Translating Sexualities in the Sinophone World Jonathan Evans and Ting Guo, 1. Remix in the Age of Cybertextual Intermediation: Ergodic Iterations of Carol (2015). Dingkun Wang and Xiaochun Zhang, 2. In Search of Lesbian Utopia: Sinophone Queer Women’s Rejection of Lesbian Masculinity and Misreading of The L Word. Carman Fung, 3. Queer activist’s agency in translating and disseminating queer knowledge: a textual and paratextual analysis. Mengying Jiang, 4. (Re)Framing the Paratextual Homographesis: A Case Study of Call Me by Your Name in Mainland China. Ray Wang, 5. The Coming Out of Teen Homosexuals - A textual analysis of the Chinese subtitles of Heartstopper. Rui Yang, 6. Digital Desires and Defiant Narratives: Real Person Fiction and the Reshaping of LGBTQ+ Identities in Chinese Fandom. Aiqing Wang and Thomas William Whyke, 7. Self-Censorship, Concession and Resistance: The Translation and Adaptation of Japanese Yuri Animation on Bilibili and its Reception Among Chinese Yuri fans Hanyu Wang, 8. Intersectionality is what gets lost in translation: From Saving Face (2004) to The Half of It (2020).Ting Guo and Jonathan Evans, 9. An interview with Jacob Huang Ting Guo, Index

Reviews

“Translating Sexuality is a landmark in the emerging field of Queer Translation Studies. With its focus on popular culture, examined from a variety of perspectives, the volume convincingly demonstrates the potential of translation as a lens through which to explore the complex transnational circulation of queer cultural artifacts beyond the traditional binary of local/global.” - Brian James Baer, author of Queer Theory and Translation Studies.

Author Information

Ting Guo is Senior Lecturer in Translation and Chinese Studies in the Department of Languages, Cultures and Film, University of Liverpool, UK. Jonathan Evans is Reader in Translation Studies at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

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