Cinema and Desire: Feminist Marxism and Cultural Politics in the Work of Dai Jin

Description: Cinema and Desire by Jing Wang, Tani E. Barlow Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Dai Jinhua is one of contemporary Chinas most influential cultural critics. In these pages she examines the Orientalism that made Zhang Yimou the darling of international film festivals, and speculates on the value of Mao Zedong as an icon of post-revolutionary consumerism, for example. Publisher Description Dai Jinhua is one of contemporary Chinas most influential theoreticians and cultural critics. A feminist Marxist, her literary, film and TV commentary has, over the last decade, addressed an expanding audience in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.Cinema and Desire presents Dai Jinhaus best work to date. In it she examines the Orientalism that made Zhang Yimou the darling of international film festivals, establishes Huang Shuqins Human, Woman, Demon as the Peoples Republics first genuinely feminist film, comments on TV representations of the Chinese diaspora in New York, speculates on the value of Mao Zedong as an icon of post-revolutionary consumerism, and analyses the rise of shopping plazas in 1990s urban China as a strange montage in which the political memories of Tiananmen Square and the logic of the global capitalist marketplace are intertwined. Author Biography Dai Jinhua is Professor of Chinese Literature and Culture at Peking University, where she teaches womens studies, cultural studies and film. She is the author of Breaking Out of the City of Mirrors and Film Theory and Handbook of Criticism.Jing Wang is S.C. Fang Professor of Chinese Cultural Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is the author of High Culture Fever: Politics, Aesthetics and Ideology in Dengs China.Tani E. Barlow is a historian of modern China and teaches in the Womens Studies Department at the University of Washington. She is the founding editor of positions: east Asia cultures critique and author of The Questions of Women in Chinese Feminism. Details ISBN 185984264X ISBN-13 9781859842645 Title Cinema and Desire Author Jing Wang, Tani E. Barlow Format Paperback Year 2002 Pages 292 Publisher Verso Books GE_Item_ID:11856814; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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Book Title: Cinema and Desire : Feminist Marxism and Cultural Politics in the Work of Dai Jinhua

Number of Pages: 292 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Verso Books

Item Height: 0.6 in

Publication Year: 2002

Topic: Feminism & Feminist Theory, Feminist, Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, Popular Culture, Film / History & Criticism

Genre: Literary Criticism, Political Science, Performing Arts, Social Science

Item Weight: 12.6 Oz

Item Length: 8.5 in

Author: Tani E. Barlow

Item Width: 5.5 in

Format: Trade Paperback