Chinese Women's Cinema: Transnational Contexts

Book Overview

The first of its kind in English, this collection explores twenty one well established and lesser known female filmmakers from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the Chinese diaspora. Sixteen scholars illuminate these filmmakers' negotiations of local and global politics, cinematic representation, and issues of gender and sexuality, covering works from the 1920s to the present. Writing from the disciplines of Asian, women's, film, and auteur...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231156758
• ISBN13: 9780231156752
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher