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Sentimental Fabulations, Contemporary Chinese Films
Rey Chow
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Description for Sentimental Fabulations, Contemporary Chinese Films
Hardback. What is the sentimental? How can we understand it by way of the visual and narrative modes of signification specific to cinema and through the manners of social interaction and collective imagining specific to a particular culture in transition? This book explores these questions through contemporary Chinese directors. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
What is the sentimental? How can we understand it by way of the visual and narrative modes of signification specific to cinema and through the manners of social interaction and collective imagining specific to a particular culture in transition? What can the sentimental tell us about the precarious foundations of human coexistence in this age of globalization? Rey Chow explores these questions through nine contemporary Chinese directors (Chen Kaige, Wong Kar-wai, Zhang Yimou, Ann Hui, Peter Chan, Wayne Wang, Ang Lee, Li Yang, and Tsai Ming-liang) whose accomplishments have become historic events in world cinema. Approaching their works from multiple ... Read more
What is the sentimental? How can we understand it by way of the visual and narrative modes of signification specific to cinema and through the manners of social interaction and collective imagining specific to a particular culture in transition? What can the sentimental tell us about the precarious foundations of human coexistence in this age of globalization? Rey Chow explores these questions through nine contemporary Chinese directors (Chen Kaige, Wong Kar-wai, Zhang Yimou, Ann Hui, Peter Chan, Wayne Wang, Ang Lee, Li Yang, and Tsai Ming-liang) whose accomplishments have become historic events in world cinema. Approaching their works from multiple ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Film and Culture Series
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231133326
SKU
V9780231133326
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About Rey Chow
Rey Chow is Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities at Brown University where she holds appointments in comparative literature, English, and modern culture and media. The books she has authored since 1991 include Woman and Chinese Modernity, Writing Diaspora, Primitive Passions, Ethics After Idealism, The Protestant Ethnic and the Spirit of Capitalism, and The Age of the World Target. ... Read more
Reviews for Sentimental Fabulations, Contemporary Chinese Films
a thought-inspiring work of scholarship Journal of Film and Video [Chow] captivates us with her challenging and refreshing arguments. Highly recommended. Library Journal A thoughtful discussion of nine contemporary Chinese directors and their cinematic accomplishments.
James A. Cox The Midwest Book Review Through Chow's perspective, the sentimental thus becomes a productive and promising concept for understanding national cinema.
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James A. Cox The Midwest Book Review Through Chow's perspective, the sentimental thus becomes a productive and promising concept for understanding national cinema.
... Read more