Primitive Passions (Film and Culture Series) - Hardcover

Chow, Rey

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0231076827 ISBN 13: 9780231076821

Publisher: Columbia University Press, 1995

Synopsis

Situating modern Chinese film within the broader context of Chinese history and culture, this study argues that the cinema in China belongs to a firm tradition of visual arts that has for many years been suppressed. It analyzes the emotional response to social, political and economic deprivations.

About this title

Book 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.

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0231076827
• ISBN 13: 9780231076821
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 252