Primitive Passions: Visuality, Sexuality, Ethnography, and Contemporary Chinese Cinema

by Rey Chow

Book Overview

Chow situates contemporary Chinese film within the broad context of Chinese history and culture, giving readers a glimpse of the unique shared identity that characterizes the current crop of outstanding filmmakers, such as Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231076835
• ISBN13: 9780231076838
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher