Female Images in Female-Directed Chinese Films
Abstract
This essay takes the representation of females in major Chinese female-directed films since the new period as the research subject. Until the development of Western feminist theory, female images in Chinese films were not studied critically. With the coming of a new period, accompanied by reform and women’s liberation movement, the Chinese film industry has created a great number of new female images. These films highlight its charm as a visual media due to the handling of the female image on the screen; in the way filmmakers re-presented with greater awareness the importance of correctly introducing and handling female images on the screen.
Keywords
Full Text:
PDFReferences
Beasley, Chris. (1999). What is feminism?. London: Sage.
Roves. M, Edwards. L. (2010). Women’s Movements In Asia. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
Rowbotham, S. (1992). Women in movement: Feminism and social action. New York: Routledge.
Edwards, L. (2000). Women's Suffrage in China: Challenging Scholarly Conventions. Pacific Historical Review, 69(4), p.617-638.
Dong LM. (2005). Feminism: Indigenization and its Degree. Shanghai: Nankai Journal, (2).
Dai JH. (1994) Female images in Contemporary Chinese Movies and Female Movies. Contemporary Film, (6), p.37-45.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/ede.v2i3.11475
Refbacks
- There are currently no refbacks.