| Primitive Passions: Visuality, Sexuality, Ethnography, and Contemporary Chinese Cinema Contributor(s): Chow, Rey (Author) |
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ISBN: 0231076835 ISBN-13: 9780231076838 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $31.68 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1995 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - General - History | Asia - China - Literary Criticism |
| Dewey: 791 |
| LCCN: 94-27796 |
| Series: Film and Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.04" W x 8.98" (0.80 lbs) 252 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Chow, Rey: - Rey Chow is Anne Firor Scott Professor of Literature at Duke University and the author of numerous influential books, including several published by Columbia University Press: Primitive Passions; The Protestant Ethnic and the Spirit of Capitalism; and Sentimental Fabulations, Contemporary Chinese Films. A collection of her writings, The Rey Chow Reader, was edited by Paul Bowman. Her work has appeared in more than ten languages. |