Extended and Hidden：The Sexual Imagination in Contemporary Taiwan Lesbian Theater （2004-2017）

• Main Authors: Zi-Jun Chen, 陳姿均
• Other Authors: 鄭芳婷
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2019
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/atah6t

碩士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 戲劇學研究所 === 107 === Pride Parade in 2017 attracted more than 123,000 participants and drew a new record in the history of Pride Parade in Taiwan. On 24th May, Taiwan''s Constitutional Court ruled that laws banning same-sex marriage are unconstitutional. As the local environment has been more and more friendly to LGBTQ issues, many works succeeded in box office and raising discussions. Against this background, this project aims to rethink the definition and the structure of contemporary Taiwan lesbian theater, as well as to bring up a question: how to define (or resist to define) the texts of lesbian theater? This project contains seven chapters, beginning with the history of lesbian theatre in the 80S. Focusing on the selected four plays, ”Skin Touching,” “He is my Wife, He is my Mother,” “Crystal Boys,” and ” Dress in Code,” this project teases out the lesbian sexual imagination extended by and/or hidden behind the gender apparatus. “Sexual lust” ,as a common motif for the Lesbian theatre genre, can be used as a standard criterion to classify dramas into the Lesbian genre. It provides a method to unveil potential Lesbian theatre that are often overlooked in the past. Whilst this essay rediscusses the past lesbian dramas, it also projects to the future. With the vast diversity of drama genres, it hopes to delve further into the hidden/extended lesbian theatre work. “Sexual lust” ,as a common motif for the Lesbian theatre genre, can be used as a standard criterion to classify dramas into the Lesbian genre. It provides a method to unveil potential Lesbian theatre that are often overlooked in the past. Whilst this essay rediscusses the past lesbian dramas, it also projects to the future. With the vast diversity of drama genres, it hopes to delve further into the hidden/extended lesbian theatre work.