1st Edition
River Space in Contemporary Chinese Cinema Home, Locality, and Waterbodies
By Mei Yang
Copyright 2027
240 Pages
36 B/W Illustrations
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Routledge
River Space in Contemporary Chinese Cinema examines how filmmakers use river imagery to explore themes of home, displacement, and belonging in an era of rapid modernization.
Using the term “river space” to describe geographical areas created by rivers or existing alongside them, the author shows how these areas figure in films as alternative, oppositional, or contradictory sites. The book... Read more
Introduction Part 1: The River 1. The Faraway and the Nearby: Waterbodies in Chinese Cinema; 2. Laborer of the Yangtze: Locating Suzhi and Value in China’s Hinterland Part 2: Home 3. Homesickness: Waiting and Return in Huo Jianqi’s films; 4. Homeless Things: Still Life as Jia Zhangke’s Gifting Part 3: City, Gender, and Waterbody 5. Liquid Modernity and the Depleted Female Body: Films by Lou Ye; 6. River and the Disappeared Face in Tsai Ming-liang’s Films Part 4: Homecoming 7. The Desire for Home: A Comparative View; Conclusion
Biography
Mei Yang is Director and Associate Professor of Chinese in the Department of Languages, Cultures, and Literatures at the University of San Diego, USA.
