Contemporary Chinese films are popular with audiences worldwide, but a key reason for their success has gone unnoticed:
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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Wang Dulu and Ang Lee: Artistic Creativity and Sexual Freedom in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2. Su Tong and Zhang Yimou: Women’s Places in Raise the Red Lantern
3. Eileen Chang and Stanley Kwan: Politics and Love in Red Rose (and) White Rose
4. Liu Yichang and Wong Kar-wai: The Class Trap in In the Mood for Love
5. Dai Sijie: Locating the Third Culture in Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
6. Hou Xiaoxian and Zhu Tianwen: Politics and Poetics in A Time to Live, A Time to Die
7. Chen Yuhui and Chen Guofu: Envisioning Democracy in The Personals
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Selected Filmography
Index