This lucid and original book is the first dealing with queer cinema and queer culture in Hong Kong. By eschewing the conventional – and foreign – ideas of gay and lesbian identity for a more protean range of possibilities under the rubric of "queer," Helen Hok-Sze Leung shows that Hong Kong's screen culture includes a much richer and deeper queer vein than many observers have supposed. - Chris Berry, co-author of China on Screen: Cinema and Nation There is nothing quite like Undercurrents currently available in the English language. Its archive – Hong Kong cultural productions including contemporary cinema, architecture, urban space, modern literature, icons from popular culture, and community-driven radio programming – is impressively wide-ranging and diverse. Its theoretical apparatus – bringing together queer theory and postcolonial studies – is equally remarkable. This is a beautifully conceived, crafted, and compelling book. - David Eng, author of Racial Castration: Managing Masculinity in Asian America
