E.K. Tan (NHC Fellow, 2023–24)

Fellowship Work Summary, 2023–24

E. K. Tan drafted two chapters of his work in progress Queer Homecoming: Translocal Remapping of Sinophone Kinship. They are: Chapter 1–”Backyard Picnic: Pink Dot SG and the Decriminalization of Gay Sex in Singapore” and Chapter 3–”Flat Screen TV: Queerbaiting Straight Audience in Taiwanese TV Series Two Fathers (2013).” He revised the chapter titled “Ah Mah’s Wardrobe: From Exile to Homecoming in Chen Xue’s A Wife’s Diary (2011)” from a journal article he published in 2016 and started drafting Chapter 2—”Front Porch Banquet: Proposal for Diverse Family Formation Bills and the Passing of Same-Sex Marriage in Taiwan.” He also reconceptualized his project, adding an additional chapter tentatively titled “Alternative Altar: Queer Localism and Ghostly Matters in Cinemas of Zero Chou and Royston Tan.”