Author

Publication

2003 - University of Hawaiʻi Press, Honolulu, Hawaii

Language

English

Word Count

76,000 words, Guess

Page Count

304 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing458431
  • Goodreads164003

Classifications

  • DDC791.43/0951
  • LCCPN1993.5.C4 C85 2003

Description

"Women Through the Lens raises the question of how gender, especially the image of woman, acts as a visual and discursive sign in the creation of the nation-state in twentieth-century China. Tracing the history of Chinese cinema through the last hundred years from the perspective of transnational feminism, Shuqin Cui reveals how women have been granted a "privileged visibility" on-screen while being denied discursive positions as subjects. In addition, her careful attention to the visual language system of cinema shows how "woman" has served as the site for the narration of nation in the context of China's changing social and political climate." "Women Through the Lens will appeal to scholars and students in the fields of film, gender, and Asian studies, and to general readers interested in Chinese cinema."--BOOK JACKET.

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Other Editions

  • Women through the lens: gender and nation in a century of Chinese cinemaUniversity of Hawaiʻi Press2003-01-01

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