International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research

E-ISSN: 2582-2160     Impact Factor: 9.24

A Widely Indexed Open Access Peer Reviewed Multidisciplinary Bi-monthly Scholarly International Journal

Call for Paper Volume 7, Issue 4 (July-August 2025) Submit your research before last 3 days of August to publish your research paper in the issue of July-August.

Ambivalent Geographies and Queer Horizons in Secrets happened on the Litchi Island-series

Author(s) Dr. Vaishali Shivkumar Biradar
Country India
Abstract This article examines the 2025 Chinese TV miniseries Secrets Happened on the Litchi Island through the intersecting lenses of Modern Film Appreciation Theory, Cultural Theory, and Queer Theory. By analyzing narrative complexity, visual aesthetics, performative gestures, and spatial imaginaries, this study reveals how the series navigates the contested terrain of sexuality, secrecy, and cultural identity in contemporary China. It argues that the series produces an affective and aesthetic field where queer desire both emerges and is constrained by socio-political forces, offering viewers a deeply ambivalent vision of intimacy, belonging, and resistance. Engaging with critical frameworks by Ahmed, Muñoz, Foucault, and Stam, this analysis foregrounds the series’ contribution to global screen cultures while exposing its complicities with nationalist discourses and hetero-normative anxieties.
Keywords Queer Theory, Cultural Theory, Modern Film Appreciation, Chinese Television, Secrecy, Intimacy, Spatiality
Field Arts > Movies / Music / TV
Published In Volume 7, Issue 4, July-August 2025
Published On 2025-08-13
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i04.53645
Short DOI https://doi.org/g9w7g7

Share this