SUBVERTING PATRIARCHAL DISCOURSE THROUGH NARRATIVE RESISTANCE: AN ANALYSIS OF GENDERED VIOLENCE IN POSTSOCIALIST CHINESE WOMEN’S FILMS
SUBVERTING PATRIARCHAL DISCOURSE THROUGH NARRATIVE RESISTANCE: AN ANALYSIS OF GENDERED VIOLENCE IN POSTSOCIALIST CHINESE WOMEN’S FILMS
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2020
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Katz, Meaghan Allyssa
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Peng, Yun
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East Asian Language & Literature
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Using Xiaolu Guo’s UFO in Her Eyes (2011), Liu Shu’s Lotus (2012), and Vivian Qu’s Angels Wear White (2017) as case studies, this thesis analyzes the ways in which contemporary Chinese women directors depict and address rising gender inequality and violence in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) since 1979. Although they vary in style and narrative, these three works share similar themes and all focus on female protagonists struggling with authority and contradictory societal expectations against the backdrop of China’s ongoing socioeconomic transformation. Moreover, they not only draw attention to how gender is specifically affected by political and economic change, but also directly question and criticize the mainstream gender discourses of the Chinese commercial media and Hollywood films with which they are in dialogue. By closely reading these films and placing them in conversation with each other, I hope to unpack and to clarify the relationships they address between gender, economics, and politics in an increasingly globalized and capitalized PRC.
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Asian studies,
Film studies,
Gender studies,
China,
Environmentalism,
Gender-Based Violence,
Neoliberalism,
Postsocialism,
Women
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67 pages
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