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Leslie Cheung: Hong Kong Icon exhibition poster
Between February and April of this year, UBC Asian Studies and the Asian Library collaborated to host an exhibition in memory of Leslie Cheung Kwok-Wing, the revered Hong Kong singer, actor, performer, and queer icon. This captivating showcase featured an array of publications, recordings, film posters, and other memorabilia from Leslie’s multi-faceted and transpacific life and career. The exhibition attracted hundreds of visitors from both the UBC community and the public, including devoted fans from Toronto and the United States. There was also media coverage from CBC Radio, Fairchild TV, and Sing Tao newspaper.
As we approach Leslie’s birthday anniversary on September 12th, we have compiled a list of resources about Leslie Cheung that you can find within the UBC Library collections. Many of these items were on display during the exhibition earlier this year. Our hope is that this list will serve as a research guide for all those who seek to delve deeper into the enduring legacy of Leslie Cheung.
Chen, Yidong 陈怡东.Dang shi shi zai mei wan mei: Xianggang liu xing yue tan 40 nian当世事再没完美 : 香港流行乐坛40年. Beijing Shi: Fa lü chu ban she, 2016. Print. (ML336.8 H66 C43 2016)
Chu, Yiu-Wai. Hong Kong Cantopop: A Concise History. Hong Kong: HKU Press, 2017. Print. (ML3502 C58 H669 2017)
Collett, Nigel. Firelight of a Different Colour: the Life and Times of Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing. Hong Kong: Signal 8 Press, 2014. Print. (PN2878 C546 C65 2014)
Dehui 的灰. Xianggang dian ying jin xiang jiang di hou lie zhuan 香港电影金像奖帝后列传. Shanghai: Shanghai shu dian, 2007. Print. (PN2877 D44 2007)
Dehui 的灰. Yu ta gong du 61 shi: Zhang Guorong de dian ying sheng ming (Leslie Cheung’s Movie Life) 与他共度61世: 张国荣的电影生命. Shanghai: Shanghai shu dian chu ban she, 2006. Print. (PN1998.3 C6453 D448 2003)
Farquhar, Mary and Zhang, Yingjin. Chinese Film Stars. London; New York: Routledge, 2010. Print. (PN1993.5 C4 C4425 2010)
Guan, Xichao 關熙潮. Zhang Guorong: bu ru wo men cong tou lai guo 張國榮: 不如我們從頭來過. Xianggang: Xianggang zhong he chu ban you xian gong si, 2015. Print. (PN1998.3 C6453 G85 2015)
Leung, Helen Hok-Sze. Farewell My Concubine. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2010. Print. (PN1997.2 F364 L48 2010)
Leung, Helen Hok-Sze. Undercurrents: Queer Culture and Postcolonial Hong Kong. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2008. Print. (NX180 H6 L48 2008)
Li, Zhuotao 李焯桃. Chen Kexin: zi ji de lu (Peter Ho-Sun Chan: My Way) 陳可辛: 自己的路. Xianggang: San lian shu dian (Xianggang) you xian gong si, 2012. (PN1998.3 C4664 C44 2012)
Lingnan da xue ren wen xue ke yan jiu zhong xin, Xianggang wen xue yan jiu xiao zu嶺南大學人文學科研究中心 香港文學研究小組. Dian ying zhong de Xianggang gu shi電影中的香港故事. Xianggang: Xianggang jiao yu tu shu gong si, 2010. Print. (PN1993.5 C4 D564 2010)
Liu, Jingzhi 劉靖之. Xianggang yin yue shi lun: Yue yu liu xing qu, yan su yin yue, Yue ju 香港音樂史論: 粤語流行曲, 嚴肅音樂, 粤劇. Xianggang: Shang wu yin shu guan (Xianggang) you xian gong si, 2013. Print. (ML336.8 H66 L58 2013)
Lu, Weiluan and Xiong, Zhiqin 盧瑋鑾 熊志琴. Wen xue yu ying xiang bi du 文學與影像比讀. Xianggang: San lian shu dian (Xianggang) you xian gong si, 2007. Print. (PL3031 H65 W464 2007)
Luo, Feng 洛楓. Jin se de hu die: Zhang Guorong de yi shu xing xiang (Butterfly of Forbidden Colors: the Artistic Image of Leslie Cheung) 禁色的蝴蝶: 張國榮的藝術形象. Xianggang: San lian shu dian (Xianggang) you xian gong si, 2008. Print. (PN1998.3 C6453 L86 2008)
Mao Qiu 毛球. Guang hui sui yue, bu shuo zai jian: Xianggang yin yue shi guang shu (The Voice of Hong Kong) 光辉岁月, 不说再见: 香港音乐时光书. Beijing Shi: Beijing lian he chu ban gong si, 2016. Print. (ML336.8 H66 M526 2016)
Matsuoka, Tamaki 松岡環. Resurī Chan no Honkon: Chō Kokuei teki Honkon sekai レスリー・チャンの香港 : 張国栄的香港世界. Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 2008. Print. (PN1998.3 C6453 M38 2008)
Ng, May and Wong Ha-pak 吳君玉 黃夏柏. Yu le ben se : Xin yi cheng fen dou sui yue (The Essence of Entertainment : Cinema City’s Glory Days) 娛樂本色 : 新藝城奮鬥歲月. Xianggang: Xianggang dian ying zi liao guan, 2016. Print. (PN1993.5 H6 Y945 2016)
O Yu-jŏng오 유정. Amut’ŭn, Chang Kug-yŏng아무튼, 장 국영. Seoul: K’onan Puksŭ, 2021. Print. (PN1998.3 C6453 O98 2021)
Red Mission ji xu Zhang Guorong ge ying mi guo ji lian meng 繼續張國榮歌影迷國際聯盟. Zhang Guorong: yin yue ren sheng 張國榮 : 音樂人生. Xianggang: Kuai le shu fang you xian gong si, 2019. Print. (PN1998.3 C6453 Z436 2019)
Rong, Xueyan 荣雪烟. Sui feng bu shi: Zhang Guorong (Enduring Presence: Leslie Cheung) 随风不逝 : 张国荣. Fuzhou Shi: Fujian ren min chu ban she, 2018. Print. (PN1998.3.C6453 R646 2018)
Shi, Yonggang and Sa Lin师永刚 沙林. Jue ai feng xiang: Zhang Guorong 绝爱封箱: 张囯荣. Beijing: Zuo jia chu ban she, 2003. Print. (PN1998.3.C6453 S559 2003)
Shima, Chitose 志摩千岁. Zhang Guorong de shi guang 张国荣的时光. Trans. Jing Qin 秦晶. Shanghai: Shanghai shu dian chu ban she, 2007. Print. (PN1998.3.C6453 S556 2007)
Stewart, Clare and Hawker, Philippa. Leslie Cheung (Zhang Guorong). Victoria, Australia: Acmi, 2003. Print. (PN2878 C448 L47 2003)
Stokes, Lisa Odham and Hoover, Michael. City on Fire: Hong Kong Cinema. London; New York: Verso, 1999. Print. (PN1993.5 H6 S76 1999)
Tambling, Jeremy. Wong Kar-wai’s Happy Together. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2003. Print. (PN1998.3 W65 T35 2003)
Wei, Junzi 魏君子. Guang ying li de lang hua: Xianggang dian ying mai luo hui yi 光影裏的浪花: 香港電影脈絡回憶. Xianggang: Zhonghua shu ju, 2019. Print. (PN1993.5 C4 G83 2019)
Xianggang dian ying ping lun xue hui 香港電影評論學會. Wang Jiawei de ying hua shi jie王家衛的映畫世界. Xianggang: San lian shu dian (Xianggang) you xian gong si, 2004. Print. (PN1998.3 W65 W36 2004)
Xiao Hong 晓红. Nong ben duo qing: Zhang Guorong 侬本多情: 张国荣. Changsha Shi: Hunan shi fan da xue chu ban she, 2011. Print. (PN1998.3.C6453 X5364 2011)
Yin, Xinxi 殷信希. Zhang Guorong wei ni zhong qing (Will You Remember Me) 張國榮為你鍾情. Jiulong: Pei cheng gong si, 2022. Print. (PN1998.3.C6453 Y56 2022)
Zhang Guorong yi shu yan jiu hui 张国荣艺术研究会. Sheng shi guang yin: Zhang Guorong 盛世光阴: 张国荣. Beijing: Xian dai chu ban she, 2013. Print. (PN1998.3.C6453 S5464 2013)
Zhuo, Botang 卓伯棠. Xianggang xin lang chao dian ying (Hong Kong New Wave Cinema) 香港新浪潮电影. Shanghai: Fu dan da xue chu ban she, 2011. Print. (PN1993.5 H6 Z486 2011)
Afei zheng zhuan (Days of Being Wild) 阿飛正傳. Directed by Wang Kar-Wai 王家卫. [Guangzhou]: Guangdong yin xiang chu ban she, 2003. DVD. (PN1997.2 A3685 2003)
Bawang bie ji (Farewell My concubine) 霸王別姬. Directed by Chen Kaige 陈凯歌. Beijing: Beijing bei ying lu yin lu xiang gong si. DVD. (PN1997 B385 2000z)
Bawang bie ji (Farewell My concubine) 霸王別姬. Directed by Chen Kaige 陈凯歌. Beijing Shi: Zhong ying yin xiang chu ban she, 2007. DVD. (PN1997 B2678 2007)
Dong xie xi du (Ashes of Time) 東邪西毒. Directed by Wang Kar-Wai 王家卫. [Beijing]: Beijing bei ying lu ying lu xiang gong si, 2009. DVD. (PN1997 D647 2002)
Dong xie xi du (Ashes of Time Redux) 東邪西毒终极版. Directed by Wang Kar-Wai王家卫. [Guangzhou]: Jiu zhou yin xiang shu ban gong si chu ban, 2009. DVD. (PN1997.2 D647 2009)
Feng Yue (Temptress moon) 風月. Directed by Chen Kaige 陈凯歌.Montreal : Alliance Atlantis, 2002. DVD. (PN1997. F46 2002)
Happy Together. Directed by Wong Kar-Wai 王家卫. New York, N.Y.: Kino International Corp, 2004. DVD. (PN1997 C4855 2004)
He’s a Woman, She’s a Man. Directed by Peter Chan 陳可辛. Hong Kong, 1994. DVD. (VMatica.H-341)
Les cendres du temps redux (Ashes of Time Redux) 東邪西毒Directed by Wang Kar-Wai王家卫. Culver City, Calif.: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2009. DVD. (PN1997 D647 2009)
Jia you xi shi (All’s Well, End’s Well) 家有囍事. Directed by Clifton Ko 高志森. South San Francisco, Calif.: Tai sheng ying shi shi chang tui guang gong si, 1992. DVD. (VMatica VHS-64)
Qian nü you hun (A Chinese Ghost Story) 倩女幽魂. Directed by Ching Siu Tung 程小東. Hong Kong: Fortune Star, 2012. DVD. (PN1997.2 Q353)
Qian nü you hun 2: ren jian dao (A Chinese Ghost Story 2) 倩女幽魂 2: 人間道. Directed by Ching Siu Tung程小東. Hong Kong: Fortune Star, 2012. DVD. (PN1997.2 Q354)
Yan zhi kou (Rouge) 胭脂扣. Directed by Stanley Kwan 關錦鵬. Hong Kong: Fortune Star, 2002. DVD. (PN1997.2 Y36 2002)
Yan zhi kou (Rouge) 胭脂扣. Directed by Stanley Kwan 關錦鵬. Beijing: Zhongguo lu ying lu xiang chu ban zong she, 2002. DVD. (PN1997 Y363 2002)
Ying xiong ben se (A Better Tomorrow) 英雄本色. Directed by John Woo 吴宇森. China: Zhong ying yin xiang chu ban she, 2002. DVD. (PN1997.2 Y55 2002)
Ying xiong ben se 2 (A Better Tomorrow 2) 英雄本色2. Directed by John Woo 吳宇森. Hong Kong: Fortune Star, 2010. DVD. (PN1997.2 Y552 2010)
Zong heng si hai (Once a Thief) 縱橫四海. Directed by John Woo 吳宇森. Beijing: Zhongguo lu yin lu xiang chu ban zong she, 2002. DVD. (PN1997.2 Z66 2000z)
Birnie, Peter. “Farewell, My Concubine co-star jumps from Hong Kong hotel.” Vancouver Sun, 3 April, 2003, https://go.exlibris.link/fxbP56fL.
Birnie, Peter. “Star Turn: He was a pop star in Hong Kong but Leslie Cheung now looks to movies, and Vancouver, for a new life.” Vancouver Sun, 14 March, 1994. https://www.proquest.com/docview/243199710?pq-origsite=summon&accountid=14656
Bukowski, Ana Howe. “Reimagining Leslie Cheung through Hanyuan Bookstore: the posthumous personalities of the queer Hong Kong celebrity.” Celebrity Studies, vol.13, no.4, October 2022, pp.595-612. https://doi.org/10.1080/19392397.2022.2135086
Chou, Katherine Hui-ling 周慧玲. Ming xing guo cheng, xing bie yue jie yu sheng ti biao yan: cong Zhang Guorong tan qi” 明星過程、性別越界與身體表演──從張國榮談起 [The Queer Stardom and Body Enactment of Leslie Cheung]. Xi ju yan jiu 戲劇研究 no.3, January 2009, pp.217-248. https://doi.org/10.6257/2009.3217
Chow, Wyng. “Key Hong Kong Official visits B.C.” Vancouver Sun. 17 June, 1999, https://www.proquest.com/docview/242755669?pq-origsite=summon&accountid=14656
He, Jijiping何冀平. “Gao chu bu sheng han: ji Zhang Guorong” 高處不勝寒 ── 記張國榮. Ming bao yue kan 明報月刊, no.665, May 2021, pp.4-6. Print. (AP95 C4 M54)
Hsu, Jen-Hao. “Queering Chineseness: The Queer Sphere of Feelings in Farewell My Concubine and Green Snake.” Asian studies review, vol.36, no.1, March 2012, pp.1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/10357823.2011.651199
Yamato, Akira 大和晶. “Resurī Chan: Kokkyō o koeta eiga seisaku e no atsui omoi” レスリー・チャン: 国境を超えた映画製作への熱い思い, Kinema junpō キネマ旬報 , no. 1282, May 1999, pp.26-31. Print. (PN1993 K45)
Wada, Emi, Udagawa, Kōyō, and Teruoka, Sōzoワダエミ 宇田川幸洋 暉峻創三. “Tsuitō Chō Kokuei: Resurī Chan to iu ikikata” 追悼張國榮: レスリー・チャンという生きかた, Kinema junpō キネマ旬報 , no. 1384, July 2003, pp.21-34. Print. (PN1993 K45)
Oh, Youjoeng. “A Study on Post – Leslie Cheung Fandom’s Identity and Its Socio-cultural Implications” 후(後) 장국영 시대 팬덤의 정체성과 사회문화적 함의. Journal of Chinese Studies 중국학논총, no.60, June 2018, pp.131-153. http://doi.org/10.26585/chlab.2018..60.007
Schaefer, Glen. “La belle Michelle.” The Province. 16 June, 1999. https://www.proquest.com/docview/269222787?pq-origsite=summon&accountid=14656
“Shi min shou kou Zhang Guorong chang pian ying die” 市民搜購張國榮唱片影碟. Ming bao 明報. 2 April, 2003. https://mingpao.library.ubc.ca/documents/%e5%b8%82%e6%b0%91%e6%90%9c%e8%b3%bc%e5%bc%b5%e5%9c%8b%e6%a6%ae%e5%94%b1%e7%89%87%e5%bd%b1%e7%a2%9f
“Yao wang “ge ge” Wen shi gu ju, Ge mi Shi yuan zhu chang yi, ke wen dao Zhang Guoron” 遙望「哥哥」溫市故居 歌迷史園租長椅 刻文悼張國榮. Ming bao 明報. 1 April, 2013. https://mingpao.library.ubc.ca/documents/%e9%81%99%e6%9c%9b%e3%80%8c%e5%93%a5%e5%93%a5%e3%80%8d%e6%ba%ab%e5%b8%82%e6%95%85%e5%b1%85-%e6%ad%8c%e8%bf%b7%e5%8f%b2%e5%9c%92%e7%a7%9f%e9%95%b7%e6%a4%85-%e5%88%bb%e6%96%87%e6%82%bc%e5%bc%b5
Yu, Sabrina Qiong. “Forever Gor Gor, changing fans: Leslie Cheung posthumous fandom revisited.” Celebrity Studies, vol. 12, no.2, April 2021, pp. 186-201. https://doi.org/10.1080/19392397.2021.1912096
Yue, Audrey. “What’s so queer about Happy Together? a.k.a. Queer (N) Asian: interface, community, belonging.” Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, vol.1, no.2, August 2000, pp.251-264. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649370050141131
BX9225 Y53 P66 2022
봉경 이 원영 : 민족적 대의 와 기독교 신앙 을 품은 독립 운동가 의 생애 / 임 희국 [and four others] 지음 / 서울 특별시 : 은행 나무
DS912.31 K55 2023
고려 거란 전쟁 / 길 승수 지음 / 경기도 파주시 : 들녘
DS915.5 Y527 A3 2023
미사 일록 / 이 범진 ; 김 철웅 옮김 / 서울시 : 국외 소재 문화재 재단 : 펴낸곳 도서 출판 푸른 역사
DS925 S457 S6867 2023
서울 은 기억 이다 : 오늘 의 서울 을 만든 시공간 의 역사 / 연구 모임 공간 담화, 도시 사학회 지음 / 경기도 파주시 : 서해 문집
GT3406 K6 C47 2022
조선 시대 의례 연구 의 현황 과 지평 의 확장 = The current trend and suggestions of research on the rituals and ceremonies during the Joseon dynasty / 한국 역사 연구회 의례 연구반 ; 글쓴이 나 영훈 [and many others] / 서울 : 민속원
GV1703 K6 Y43 2023
이 땅 에, 춤 이란 무엇 인가 : 몸, 마음, 숨, 삶 / 이 애주 지음 ; 이 애주 문화 재단 엮음 / 서울 : 서울 대학교 출판 문화원
HD4875 J3 C4853 2022
조선인 강제 동원 기업 : 일본 제철 (주) 야하타 제철소 / 정 혜경 저 / 서울시 : 선인
HQ1765.5 Y5233 2023
경험 이 언어 가 될 때 / 이 소진 / 서울 : 문학 과 지성사
JV8757 Y56 2022
고려 시대 외국인 이주 연구 / 이 바른 지음 / 서울 특별시 : 高麗 大學校 民族 文化 硏究院
ML3502 K6 T34 2023
케이팝 의 시간 : 서 태지 와 아이들 부터 뉴진스 까지, 히스토리 로 즐기는 케이팝 이야기 / 태양비 지음 / 경기도 고양시 : 지노
ND1063.4 Y74 2022
정조 와 궁중 회화 : 문예 군주 정조, 그림 으로 나라 를 다스리다 / 유 재빈 지음 / 서울 특별시 : 사회 평론 아카데미
NK4168.62 P34 2022
가야 토기 연구 / 박 승규 지음 / 서울시 : 서경 문화사
PL958.8 C495 2023
영원 의 기획 : 정 은경 비평집 / 서울시 : 민음사
PL976.7 H86 2023
하얀 사슴 연못 외 : 제 68회 現代 文學賞 수상 시집 / 황 유원 [and seven others]. / 서울시 : 현대 문학
PL980.6 S565 2023
2023 신춘 문예 당선 소설집 / [한 소은 and 25 others] / 서울시 : 한국 소설가 협회
PL981.7 K87 2023
2023 올해 의 문제 소설 / 한국 현대 소설 학회 엮음 / 경기도 파주시 : 푸른 사상사
PL992.17 S63 A6148 2023
1980년 5월 24일 : 조 성기 장편 소설 / [지은이 조 성기] / 경기도 파주시 : 한길사
PL994.89 C455 A612 2023
1미터 는 없어 / 양 지예 장편 소설/ 경기도 파주시 : 문학 동네,
PN1995.9 I457 Y58 2023
이방인들 의 영화 : 한국 독립 영화 가 세상 과 마주 하는 방식 = Cinema of strangers : how Korean independent films confront the world / 이 도훈 / 서울 : 갈무리
W19.5 JK6 I38 2022
이화 의료 이야기 : 보구녀관 에서 이화 의료원 까지 = History of Ewha Womans University Medical Center since 1887 / 이화 의료원 역사 편찬 위원회 지음 / 서울 특별시 : 이화 여자 대학교 출판 문화원
BL2218 S528 2023
神道の近代 : アクチュアリティを問う / 伊藤聡, 斎藤英喜編 / 東京 : 勉誠出版
BQ1129 J32 T885 2022
対馬の渡来版経 : 護り伝える東アジアの至宝 / 横内裕人編 / 東京 : 勉誠出版
BQ8349 N577 O38 2022
日蓮遺文の思想的研究 / 大平宏龍 / 大阪市 : 東方出版
DS749.7 G64 2022
呉越国 : 10世紀東アジアに華開いた文化国家 / 瀧朝子編 / 東京 : 勉誠出版
DS773.23 P84 M35 2022
転生 : 満州国皇帝・愛新覚羅家と天皇家の昭和 / 牧久 / 東京都千代田区 : 小学館
DS796 S26 C665 2023
上海フランス租界への招待 : 日仏中三か国の文化交流 / 榎本泰子, 森本頼子, 藤野志織編 / 東京 : 勉誠出版
DS832.7 K6 N34 2022
ウトロ : ここで生き、ここで死ぬ / 中村一成 / 東京都千代田区 : 三一書房
DS834.9 F838 M87 2022
村と民衆の戦国時代史 : 藤木久志の歴史学 / 稲葉継陽, 清水克行編 / 東京 : 勉誠出版
GR340 M596 2022
日本のまじなひ : 古代・中世の心根にふれる / 水野正好 / 東京 : 高志書院
HD9698 J32 H56 2022
原発再稼働 : 葬られた過酷事故の教訓 / 日野行介 / 東京 : 株式会社集英社
HG1276 N54 2022
日本の中世貨幣と東アジア / 中島圭一編 / 東京 : 勉誠出版
NA7451 I58 2021
ふるまいの連鎖 : エレメントの軌跡 = Co-ownership of action : trajectories of elements / supervisor, Kozo Kadowaki / Tokyo, Japan : Toto Publishing, Toto Ltd., 2020
NC1766 J32 S5534 2022
新海誠 : 国民的アニメ作家の誕生 / 土居伸彰 / 東京 : 株式会社集英社
NK1065 K375 2022
「唐物」とは何か : 舶載品をめぐる文化形成と交流 / 河添房江, 皆川雅樹編 / 東京都千代田区 : 勉誠出版
NK4784 A1 N5735 2022
西川祐信「正徳ひな形」: 影印・注釈・研究 / 石上阿希, 加茂瑞穂編 / 京都市 : 臨川書店
PL726.2 O3545 2022
王朝文学の〈旋律〉/ 伊藤禎子, 勝亦志織編 / 東京 : 新典社
PL865 U5 M55 2022
未刊行作品選集 / 在日朝鮮人作家, 尹紫遠 ; 編集・解說宋恵媛 / 京都市 : 琥珀書房
PL872.5 U336 S36 2022
スクールガール = School girl / 九段理江 / 東京 : 文藝春秋
PL879.9 A64 2022
特許やぶりの女王 : 弁理士・大鳳未来 = Patent foiling queen: patent attorney Mirai Otori / 南原詠著 / 東京 : 宝島社
TJ807.9 J3 C57 2023
小さいエネルギーで暮らすコツ : 太陽光・水力・薪&炭で、電気も熱も自分でつくる / 農文協編 / 埼玉県戶田市 : 農文協
B5231 L5322 2022
人生小纪 : 与李泽厚的虛拟对话 / 马群林编撰 / 南京市 : 南京大学出版社
BJ117 Y375 2022
新中国成立初期党对青年学生的思想引领研究 / 杨美丽著 / 北京 : 光明日報出版社
CB251 S423125 2022
西学东渐与东亚 / (日)川原秀城编 ; 毛乙馨译 / 上海 : 上海社会科学院出版社
DS753.2 L5829 2022
万历朝鲜战争 / 梁晓天著 / 北京 : 现代出版社
DS764.23 S47 S54 2022
盛宣怀家族珍藏民国旧影 / 谢冀婷主编 / 西安 : 西安出版社
DS796 T557 Y67125 2022
清末都市的政治文化与社会统合 : 天津的近代 / (日)吉泽诚一郎著 ; 万鲁建译 / 北京 : 社会科学文献出版社
DS894.62 N54 2022
关西初识 : 漫览关西风貌 感悟日本社会沧桑巨变 / 聂华, 姚洋著 / 北京 : 中信出版集团股份有限公司
JQ1512 Z1 L513 2023
吏部職掌 / (明) 張瀚重修 ; (明) 宋啟明增考 ; 李軍校點 / 南京市 : 鳳凰出版社
NC915.R8 L525 2022
结古欢 : 吴大澂的访古与传古 / 李军著 / 杭州市 : 浙江人民美术出版社
ND1043.5 W386 2022
闲居与雅玩 : 明代吴地书画收藏世家研究 / 王照宇著 / 杭州市 : 中国美术学院出版社
PL2262 C524 2022
海外读书记 / 程章灿著 / 杭州 : 浙江古籍出版社
PL2278 X5643 2022
性别视角与文学文化 / 主编, 乔以钢 ; 副主编, 陈宏 / 天津 : 南开大学出版社
PL2303 Z4 2022
青少年网络文学阅读与自我发展 = Self lost in internet-fiction / 张冬静著 / 武汉 : 华中科技大学出版社
PL2387 L524 2022
清代说唱文学子弟书研究 = The study on Zidishu: a prosimetric literature in the Qing dynasty / 李芳著 / 北京市 : 社会科学文献出版社
PL2727 S2 L5558 2022
红楼心解 : 认知与行为 / 刘广迎著 / 北京市 : 中国工人出版社
PL2861 A646 D36 2022
島上與海外 / 韓牧著 / 台北市 : 獵海人
PL2876 A6185 A6 2022
勞美玉詩文集 / 勞美玉著 / 台北市 : 獵海人
PL2919 S55 Q223 2022
起初 : 纪年 / 王朔著 / 北京市 : 新星出版社
Z987.5 C6 L587 2022
清代西南官学藏书研究 / 柳森著 / 北京市 : 光明日报出版社
Z3101 J53643 2022
书船长载江南月 : 文学山房江澄波口述史 / 江澄波口述 ; 韦力, 张颖整理 / 苏州 : 古吴轩出版社
Content warning: The following blog post discusses homophobic attitudes and laws in a historical context.
Many thanks to guest blogger Matthew White for contributing the below post! Matthew is a graduate student at the UBC School of Information and has completed both a Co-op position and a Graduate Academic Assistant (GAA) position with RBSC.
This is part of an ongoing series of blog posts that gives students and RBSC team members a chance to show off some of the intriguing materials they encounter serendipitously through their work at RBSC.
As a queer man, it was with a great deal of excitement that I was asked to finalize the processing of the Archives Collective collection at Rare Books and Special Collections. The Archives Collective, a predecessor of both ArQuives (formerly Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, and Canadian Gay Archives) as well as the BC Gay and Lesbian Archives, collected widely over their short tenure, much of it related to the deeply political lives of gay men and women in the 70s and 80s.
This collection was at times gut-wrenching in the displays of homophobia, at times brought me to tears because of the solidarity between marginalized communities. There were some consistent themes throughout the collection that I would like to share, particularly as they relate to queer lives in the world today.
The first thing I want to stress is that the RCMP and the Canadian legal system have never been friends to queer people, not to mention working people, women, First Nations, and immigrants. They will uphold whatever laws are in the books – if these laws discriminate against gays, so be it. The number of times that the RCMP overstepped by entrapping gay men having sex in their own homes, by keeping files on notable queer activists as potential enemies of the state, not to mention NDP leaders, prominent feminists or Indigenous activists, by physically accosting queers in the streets was staggering.
Obviously, queers did not go down without a fight – a fight that we are still fighting to this day. Gay militancy spread rapidly, with groups like the Lavender Panthers prowling streets to protect queer people. Protests were staged rapidly, and long running education or legal campaigns were effective in bringing these issues into the public eye.
It was not difficult, though, to see how these kinds of attitudes were maintained for so long. One pamphlet by the League Against Homosexuals (LAH) said, “Queers exist to seduce and pervert our children. Queers are sexually depraved vampires. If queers are allowed to have “equal rights” then they MUST be allowed to seduce your child.” I am still confused as to why equality necessitates molestation, but this was perhaps only the most glaring example. The Toronto Star and the Vancouver Sun often refused to advertise for gay magazines, leading to a legal battle by the Vancouver Sun in the mid-70s that they won in the Supreme Court of Canada. It was noted that it might offend readership, so it did not have to be included.
An article in an unknown newspaper by McKenzie Porter notes “Many homosexuals are no longer satisfied with acceptance, sympathy and freedom from prosecution. They now seek approval acclaim and authority. The propaganda of homophile associations both female and male, reveals undisguised aspirations to political leadership.” Porter goes on to say that gay men and women are unfit for politics because of “a neurotic or psychotic state of paranoia associated, for reasons unknown, with a childhood history of anal eroticism.”
The Star, after being accused of homophobia, made the following statement: “… we stop short of encouraging the spread of homosexuality. We have no wish to aid the aggressive recruitment propaganda in which certain homosexual groups are engaged, and we strongly oppose those who seek to justify and legitimize homosexual relations between adults and children.” Like current legal oppression against trans people, children were often the basis of homophobic attacks. Other examples include a well-documented campaign by Anita Bryant to halt the gay liberation movement, by using children’s safety and wellbeing as the basis of her homophobia.
It was this kind of push back that brought gay people back onto the street, time and time again. It was a dynamic period, full of fundraising dances, highly publicized legal battles, and periodicals that discussed gay issues – anything from criticism of Marxist attitudes towards homosexuality to letters of support by brothers and mothers to their trans daughters, from rallies against racial discrimination experienced by taxi drivers, to graphics protesting the treatment of Indigenous peoples across North America.
You’ll also note the absence of trans people in my descriptions of the archive – they are, unfortunately, notably absent. Then, as now, often trans people found difficulty finding welcoming environments, and focus on liberation was often focused exclusively on sexuality without engaging critically with transgender or transsexual issues.
For myself, as an aspiring archivist and as a gay man, this was an incredibly enlightening experience. Many queer people have noted the generational absences that exist in our communities due to AIDS and other issues, including suicide and the return to the closet that can occur as queer people age. Being able to access so much of the knowledge and experience of queer people through the archive feels so important. These were people who knew what needed to be done to enact change, and all of that information is still at our fingertips. If we can’t talk to our queer ancestors, then maybe we can learn from what they left behind.
This year the Evening of Sevens, or the Double Seventh Festival (meaning, a celebration on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month), will fall on the 22nd of August. Double Seventh is being celebrated throughout East Asia though each country has its own origin stories and has developed unique and distinctive ways of observing the festival. In this post we’ll briefly explore the characteristics and history of the festival in China, Japan, and Korea. There will be a resource list at the end for you to learn more about the festival.
Qixi Festival, or, the Chinese Valentine’s Day
According to the South China Morning Post, a Hong Kong newspaper, Qixi (七夕 evening of sevens) festival is a special time of year for the Chinese to “dream of love, the moon, and the Milky Way.” Traditionally called the Festival of Qiqiao (乞巧, to beg for dexterity), the Qixi festival originated from the tragic myth of the Weaving Maid (织女) and the Cowherder (牛郎 Niulang), star-crossed lovers who are only permitted to meet once a year on the double seventh in the Milky Way. The two lovers eventually became stars, Vega and Altair respectively, which appears brightly across the Milky Way at this time of year. In China, where this tradition began, young women used to pray to Zhinu for talent in needlework, an attribute of a good wife. These days, the Double Seventh Festival has become the most romantic day for the Chinese, when couples celebrate each other by gift giving and going on dates.
Chilseok (七夕, “Seventh Evening”)
According to the Encyclopedia of Korean Culture, Chilseok is the localized variant of the Chinese Qixi with a similar love story attached. Gyeonu (牽牛, “Cowherd”) and Jingnyeo(織女, “Weaver”) were both hardworking young folks who were well regarded by the Emperor of Heaven(玉皇上帝), but after marrying, they were so enamored of one another that they let the cows wander and the loom gather dust. The annoyed Emperor ordered them to be separated, with the Milky Way (銀河水, “Silver River”) flowing between them, but they were allowed to meet once a year on the seventh day of the seventh month. On the banks of the Silver River, the two saw each other but realized they could not cross the starry waters and began to cry. Moved by their tears (or, according to some, desperate to stop the flooding of earth that was caused by those tears!), crows and magpies volunteered to fly up and make a bridge of their bodies (烏鵲橋, “Crow-Magpie Bridge”): this is why around this time, crows and magpies have bald heads from being stepped on by the couple. If it rains on this day it is said to be the tears of Gyeonu and Jingnyeo. The day itself is not typically celebrated in a huge way, but there are some themed local festivals and most people are aware of the love story. A matchmaking friend of both partners in a couple (especially if they helped overcome some obstacle for the two) may jokingly be referred to as having been, or set up, their 烏鵲橋.
Chang Yu-sŭng, in his analysis of Hong Sŏng-mo’s Tongguk sesigi(東國歲時記), thought that Koreans of the Choseon period were aware of Ch’ilseok, and wrote poems on the theme of the myth but did not really celebrate it as a lover’s festival as done in China. However, in the Tongguk sesigi there is another tradition relating to Ch’ilseok: on the day people would bring out their books and clothes to dry in the sun (presumably to get rid of the humidity of the rainy season before the onset of the busy harvest season, followed by winter). Of this practice, there is a record as late as the 20th century: Imamura Tomo’s 『朝鮮風俗集』(A Collection of Korean Customs, 1914), a Japanese official’s record of Koreans’ customs of this time.
Tanabata in Japan
Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864), Tanabata, woodblock print, National Diet Library, https://dl.ndl.go.jp/en/pid/1305288
According to the Encyclopedia of Japan and Nihon dai hyakka zensho, the Qiqiao Festival arrived from China in Japan in the 8th century, and the two stars, the Weaving Maid (織女Shokujo) and the Cowherder (牽牛 Kengyū) were revered among the aristcrats and in the imperial court at the time. Festivities similar to what we observe in the present started during the Edo period (1600-1868), when the festival as part of the Five Annual Ceremonies (Gosekku五節供) was officially established, and decorated bamboo branches began to appear in the cities. The present-day festival is a product of the historical mixing and blending of the Chinese Qiqiao customs, native traditions and folklore, and Buddhist observances honouring the ancestral spirits (Bon Festival, Urabon’e 盂蘭盆会). There are considerable regional variations in how the festival is celebrated, but a typical feature of the Tanabata festival is the display of decorated bamboo branches. Long narrow strips of colourful paper written with wishes and aspirations and other ornaments adorn the bamboo branches. Unlike China and Korea, the Evening of Seventh is generally celebrated on July 7th in the Gregorian calendar in Japan.
Andō Hiroshige (1797-1858), Meisho Edo hyakkei: Shichū han’ei tanabata matsuri, woodblock print, Tokyo Metropolitan Library, https://archive.library.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/da/detail?tilcod=0000000003-00055238
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On Thursday, June 8th, UBC Asian Library was thrilled to host presentations highlighting how our users engage with Asian Library’s collections and services for their research. Each presenter discussed their topic of interest and how Asian Library’s resources were relevant to the topic, with time for shared Q&A afterwards. Justin Chun-Yin Cheng presented a summary of his MA in History thesis, “Excavating the Aftermath: The 1906 Hong Kong Typhoon and Its Sources.” Michiko Suzuki presented the Tadoku Program on behalf of the Japanese Language Program’s Tadoku Reading Club committee.
A videorecording of the event was made and please check it out!
This event was held online, with 21 audience members. Saeyong Kim was moderator; Tomoko Kitayama Yen, Phoebe Chow, and Taran Dhillon were planning committee and live support. Shirin Eshghi Furuzawa opened the event and made land acknowledgments.
Any feedback or suggestions for future events are very welcome. Please email asian.library@ubc.ca.
BQ9262.9 C5 K633 2022
再增订本中国禅思想史 : 从6世纪到10世纪 / 葛兆光著 / 北京市 : 北京大学出版社
DS709 G61125 2022
1898年的夏日 : 一个德国记者的中国观察 / 保罗・戈德曼著 ; 吴伟栗译 / 北京市 : 人民文学出版社
DS727 L869 2022
漫长的余生 : 一个北魏宮女和她的时代 / 罗新著 / 北京市 : 北京日报出版社
DS732 X829 2022
“申报”晚清华侨史料汇编 : 1872-1911 / 徐云编著 / 广州 : 广东人民出版社
DS753.6 M5 Z43644 2022
洪武 : 朱元璋的成与败 / 张宏杰著 / 重庆市 : 重庆出版社
HD6331 S478 2022
数字劳动 : 自由与牢笼 / 佟新主编 / 北京市 : 中国工人出版社
HQ1767 H3647 2022
独立与归属 : 民国新女性的精神史 / 杭苏红著 / 北京 : 商务印书馆
https://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=12491049
HT384 C6 A14 2022
20 世纪前半叶中国城市化研究 / 涂文学主编 / 北京 : 生活·讀書·新知三联书店
JQ1519 A588 Q5627 2022
清末康梁改良派在美国活动研究 / 秦素菡著 / 北京市 : 光明日报出版社
LB2376.6 C62 J529 2022
外人来华留学的历史轨迹 / 吉艳艳, 王海凤, 余子侠著 / 郑州市 : 大象出版社
ML390 G3624 2022
沧海桑田 : 移居香港的内地作曲家研究(20世纪30-80年代) / 高洪波著 / 北京市 : 现代出版社
NA6040 Y3646 2022
古代寺院建筑与中国文化 / 杨莽华著 / 北京市 : 中国建材工业出版社
ND1045 H429 2022
何香凝与中国女子书画会 : 20世纪前半期中国女性艺术运动图景 / 蔡显良主编 ; 房桦编 / 桂林 : 广西师范大学出版社
PL2303 X8366 2022
八十年代文学历史化研究 : 理论与实践 / 徐洪军著 / 上海市 : 上海大学出版社
PL2411 Z436 2022
晚清日记中的世情, 人物与文学 / 张剑著 / 南京市 : 凤凰出版社
PL2740 N3 Z635 2022
萧红的荒凉心 / 高维生著 / 北京 : 國際文化出版公司
PL2840 H34 Y6 2022
用双脚阅读地球 / (加) 陈浩泉著 / 北京 : 作家出版社
PL3149 Z4829 2022
中国文学传统与北美新移民华文小说 / 朱旭著 / 北京 : 中国社会科学出版社
Z733 H34 Y836 2022
愿作津梁渡重洋 / 《愿作津梁渡重洋》编辑委员会编 / 北京市 : 国家图书馆出版社
BJ1594.5 J3 I35 2020
1日1話、読めば心が熱くなる365人の仕事の教科書 / 藤尾秀昭 監 / 東京 : 致知出版社, 令和 2
GA1243.6 A1 K86 2021
国絵図読解事典 / 小野寺淳, 平井松午編 / 大阪市 : 創元社
Please also check out the newly arrived Japanese Great Reads titles here, which include the latest award-winning novels, thought-provoking nonfiction selections, fascinating manga offerings, and more.
The Scholarly Communications and Copyright Office released this year’s Open Education Impact & Activity Report, highlighting UBC Library’s combined impact on open educational practices at UBC for 2022/2023. For more information, or to share feedback please contact open.ubc@ubc.ca.
New Japanese Great Reads titles have arrived! Check out latest award-winning novels, thought-provoking nonfiction selections, fascinating manga offerings, and more. Come to Asian Library’s Upper Floor and browse the new arrivals of leisure reading titles. The 2022/23 Great Reads collection was curated by Nobu Kawaguchi, Asian Library Student Librarian and MLIS student at UBC School of Information. The following is a list of this year’s highlights:
The 167th NAOKI PRIZE Winner
夜に星を放つ / 窪美澄 / 東京 : 文芸春秋
PL872.5 U26 Y67 2022
http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=12413566
A collection of short stories that questions whether those who have lost precious relationships and have been hurt are capable of connecting with someone again.
The 167th AKUTAGAWA PRIZE Winner
おいしいごはんが食べられますように / 高瀬隼子 / 東京 : 講談社
PL876 A413 O37 2022
http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=12371172
Through the theme of “food,” the story depicts the complicated human relationships that cannot be easily managed.
2022 SHINSHO TAISHO Nominee
生物はなぜ死ぬのか / 小林武彦著 / 東京 : 講談社
QH530 K63 2021
http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=12413614
The death of life has an important meaning. What is the “death program” embedded in genes? An introduction to biology for all of us who live in this contemporary world.
The 167th AKUTAGAWA PRIZE Nominee
N/A / 年森瑛 / 東京 : 文藝春秋
PL876 O764 N3 2022
http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=12370949
Madoka, a teenager attending a girl’s high school, feels strange when people label her as someone belonging to a “sexual minority” and show empathy without knowing her true self. A story about a girl who is looking for “irreplaceable someone” beyond gender, social status and background.
2022 MANGA TAISHO Winner
ダーウィン事変 / うめざわしゅん / 東京 : 講談社
PN6790 J33 U449 2020
http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=12413681
A “humanzee” named Charlie is half human and half chimpanzee. Charlie was raised by his human parents for 15 years and is about to enter high school.
2022 MANGA TAISHO Nominee
ルックバック / 藤本タツキ / 東京 : 集英社
PN6790 J33 F85 2021
http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=12413684
A one-shot story revolving around Fujino, who has absolute confidence in her talent, and Kyomoto, who is a “hikikomori” [someone severely withdrawn from society]. Their dedication to drawing manga brought them together and united them. By Tatsuki Fujimoto, the author of Chainsaw Man.
2021 HONYA TAISHO Winner
52ヘルツのクジラたち / 町田そのこ / 東京 : 中央公論新社
PL873 A254 A615 2020
http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=11962043
52-hertz whale is the loneliest whale in the world. A woman whose life has been exploited by her family, and a boy who has been abused by his mother. When they find each other, a new story begins.
2022 HONYA TAISHO Nominee
スモールワールズ / 一穂ミチ / 東京 : 講談社
PL871.5 C544 S86 2021
http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=12413589
A collection of six short stories that are inter-connected in some way, starting with a housewife who pretends to be in a happy relationship and continuing to another story featuring a boy who is not blessed with a close knit family.
