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Research of Homo-Wife’ Sociosexual Issues Based on the Dear Ex

Authors
Sihao Pan1, *
1China-Korea Institute of New Media, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, 430073, Hubei, China
*Corresponding author. Email: penn000@outlook.com
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Sihao Pan
Available Online 13 February 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-97-8_24How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Homo-wife; gay film; homosexual culture
Abstract

With the global depathologization of homosexuality, more and more Chinese-language filmmakers are using films to speak out for gay groups and fight for their rights. However, homo-wives, as a derivative group of the gay group, are often the unseen foil in gay films. This article explores and analyzes the views on marriage and love of different groups from the perspective of movies, especially the status quo of the special social role of the homo-wife in modern society. Dear Ex [1], as the first Chinese gay film to set a homo-wife as its protagonist, whether its portrayal of Liu San-lian’s character fully expresses the trauma of a homo-wife is what this paper attempts to explore and analyze. However, after analyzing the image of Liu San-lian, the dual identity given by the scriptwriter and the comparison with Jay, a gay male figure, the paper concludes in the negative. Although Liu San-lian as a homo-wife is finally placed in an obvious position in the film, her trauma is overshadowed by the excessive elements put on her by the screenwriter, and her growth becomes inevitable by Jay’s contrast.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2022 4th International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2022)
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
13 February 2023
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10.2991/978-2-494069-97-8_24
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2352-5398
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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