A Comparative Study of Female-Themed Art Films from China and Germany
Ning Xu
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Ning Xu, A Comparative Study of Female-Themed Art Films from China and Germany (2017), Logos Verlag, Berlin, ISBN: 9783832599799
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Description / Abstract
This book explores female-themed art films from China and Germany and seeks to illustrate how the cultural difference between the ways of representing women and narrating women's themes is shown in both countries' films, by means of analyzing two film elements: mise-en-scène and cinematography. This book analyzes female-themed art films in five topics: Marriage and Love, Birth and Motherhood, Professional Women and Housewives, Death and Despair, and Dreams and Destiny.
Table of content
- BEGINN
- Acknowledgements
- Abstract
- Contents
- List of Figures
- 1 Introduction
- 1.1 Female-Themed Films and Art Films
- 1.2 Correlative Film Theory and the Statements about Painting
- 1.3 Introduction of Each Chapter
- 2 Marriage and Love
- 2.1 Synopses
- 2.2 Marriage and Divorce in China and Germany
- 2.3 Women Are Trapped in Their Houses
- 2.4 Representation in Color
- 2.5 Different Functions of Mirror Shots
- 2.6 Representations Showing Bodies
- 2.7 Conclusion
- 3 Birth and Motherhood
- 3.1 Synopses
- 3.2 Perspectives on Birth and Motherhood
- 3.3 Family Planning Policy and Pronatalist Policy
- 3.4 Representation of Birth in Films
- 3.5 Contraception and Abortion Embodied in Films
- 3.6 Conclusion
- 4 Professional Women and Housewives
- 4.1 Synopses
- 4.2 Perspectives on Being a Professional Woman or a Housewife
- 4.3 Different Cultures Reflected in Films
- 4.4 Gaze of Mirror Shots
- 4.5 Representation of Women†™s Lives at Home
- 4.6 Conclusion
- 5 Death and Despair
- 5.1 Synopses
- 5.2 Perspectives of Death in Different Cultures
- 5.3 Representation on Cinematic Space
- 5.4 Color or Black and White
- 5.5 Whether There Is a Close-up of the Face or Not
- 5.6 Conclusion
- 6 Dreams and Destiny
- 6.1 Synopses
- 6.2 Representation of Different Cultures on Films
- 6.3 Representation of Gaze and Thinking
- 6.4 Return or Continue to Seek Dreams
- 6.5 Conclusion
- 7 Conclusion
- A Filmography A
- A.1 Female-Themed Art Films from China
- A.2 Female-Themed Art Films from Germany
- B Filmography B
- B.1 Other Related Films from China
- B.2 Other Related Films from Germany
- C Additional Statements