Public Secrets, Public Spaces: Cinema and Civility in China

by Stephanie Hemelryk Donald

Book Overview

Cinema produces an imaginary space where audiences can make themselves visible in public, share ideas and criticisms, and establish their identity as part of a transitory but nonetheless satisfying cultural body. Public Secrets, Public Spaces explores the possibility of symbolic public space in the context of Chinese cinema. Focusing especially on women, children, and the dispossessed, Stephanie Donald looks at the ways public space is constructed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847698777
• ISBN13: 9780847698776
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.0"