Women through the lens : gender and nation in a century of Chinese cinema / Shuqin Cui.

Author/creator Cui, Shuqin
Format Book
Publication InfoHonolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©2003.
Descriptionxxvi, 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Part I. Early production. From shadow-play to a national cinema ; Reconstructing history: the (im)possible engagement between feminism and postmodernism in Stanley Kwan's Center stage -- Part II. Socialist cinema. Constructing and consuming the revolutionary narratives ; Gender politics and socialist discourse in Xie Jin's The red detachment of women -- Part III. The new wave. Screening China: national allegories and international receptions ; The search for male masculinity and sexuality in Zhang Yimou's Ju dou ; Subjected body and gendered identity: female impersonation in Chen Kaige's Farewell my concubine -- Part IV. Women's films. Feminism with Chinese characteristics? ; Desire in difference: female voice and point of view in Hu Mei's Army nurse ; Transgender masquerading in Huang Shuqin's Human, woman, demon.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [287]-297) and index.
LCCN 2002010919
ISBN0824825322 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PN1993.5.C4 C85 2003 ✔ Available Place Hold