The cinema of Ang Lee: the other side of the screen 9780231538497, 0231538499

The first full-length study of its kind, the book investigates recurring themes and motifs across Ang Lee's astonis

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Table of contents :
""Table of Contents ""
""Acknowledgments""
""Note on Transliteration""
""1. Introduction: Ang Lee�A History""
""2. Ang Lee as Director: His Position in Asian and World Cinema ""
""3. Confucian Values and Cultural Displacement in Pushing Hands""
""4. Transgressing Boundaries of Gender and Culture in The Wedding Banquet ""
""5. Globalization and Cultural Identity in Eat Drink Man Woman ""
""6. Opposition and Resolution in Sense and Sensibility""
""7. Fragmentary Narratives/Fragmented Identities in The Ice Storm""
""8. Race, Gender, Class, and Social Identity in Ride with the Devil"" ""9. Wuxia Narrative and Transnational Chinese Identity in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon""""10. The Ultimate Outsider: Hulk""
""11. Transcending Gender in Brokeback Mountain""
""12. Eroticism and Performance in Lust/Caution""
""13. Memory, Narrative, and Transformation in Taking Woodstock""
""14. Storytelling and Truth in Life of Pi: A Spiritual Journey""
""15. Conclusion: The Dream of Cinema""
""Notes""
""Bibliography""
""Index ""

The cinema of Ang Lee: the other side of the screen
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