5. From Online BL Fandom to the CCTV Spring Festival Gala: The Transforming Power of Online Carnival

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Note on Romanization and Chinese and Japanese Names x
5. Introduction xi
6. I. Mainland China
7. 1. Chinese Danmei Fandom and Cultural Globalization from Below 1
8. 2. Cosplay, Cuteness, and Weiniang: The Queered Ke’ai of Male Cosplayers as “Fake Girls” 20
9. 3. “The World of Grand Union”: Engendering Trans/nationalism via Boys’ Love in Chinese Online Hetalia Fandom 45
10. 4. Queering the Post-L Word Shane in the “Garden of Eden”: Chinese Fans’ Gossip about Katherine Moennig 63
11. 5. From Online BL Fandom to the CCTV Spring Festival Gala: The Transforming Power of Online Carnival 91
12. 6. Dongfang Bubai, Online Fandom, and the Gender Politics of a Legendary Queer Icon in Post-Mao China 111
13. II. Hong Kong
14. 7. Desiring Queer, Negotiating Normal: Denise Ho (HOCC) Fandom before and after the Coming-Out 129
15. 8. Hong Kong–Based Fans of Mainland Idol Li Yuchun: Elective Belonging, Gender Ambiguity, and Rooted Cosmopolitanism 157
16. III. Taiwan
17. 9. Exploring the Significance of “Japaneseness”: A Case Study of Fujoshi’s BL Fantasies in Taiwan 177
18. 10. Girls Who Love Boys’ Love: BL as Goods to Think with in Taiwan (with a Revised and Updated Coda) 195
19. Works Cited 221
20. Notes on Contributors 246
21. Index 249