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Table of content

• BEGINN
• PREFACE
• CHAPTER 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
• CHAPTER 2 MARRIAGE AND LOVE
• 2.1 Synopses
• 2.2 Marriage Systems 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 Summary
• CHAPTER 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 Summary
• CHAPTER 4 PROFESSIONAL WOMEN AND HOUSEWIVES
• 4.1 Synopses
• 4.2 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 Summary
• CHAPTER 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 Summary
• CHAPTER 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 Summary
• CHAPTER 7 CONCLUSION OF THIS BOOK
• APPENDIX A
• Filmography A
• A.1 Female-Themed Art Films from China
• A.2 Female-Themed Art Films from Germany
• APPENDIX B
• Filmography B
• B.1 Other Related Films from China
• B.2 Other Related Films from Germany
• BIBLIOGRAPHY