Revisiting Women's Cinema: Feminism, Socialism, and Mainstream Culture in Modern China

by Lingzhen Wang

Book Overview

In Revisiting Women's Cinema, Lingzhen Wang ponders the roots of contemporary feminist stagnation and the limits of both commercial mainstream and elite minor cultures by turning to socialist women filmmakers. She particularly foregrounds their sociopolitical engagements, critical interventions, and popular artistic experiments in modern China, offering a new conception of socialist and postsocialist feminisms, mainstream culture, and women's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478010800
• ISBN13: 9781478010807
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"