Semiotics of Exile in Contemporary Chinese Film

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Introduction

   • Hong Zeng

   Pages 1-15

3. Semiotics of Photography and Exile

   • Hong Zeng

   Pages 17-38

4. Postmodern Signification and the Semiotics of Exile

   • Hong Zeng

   Pages 39-59

5. Female Doubling and Postcolonial Exile

   • Hong Zeng

   Pages 61-105

6. Semiotics of Exile and Genre Upsetting: Xie Jin’s Subversion of Melodrama in Hibiscus Town

   • Hong Zeng

   Pages 107-121

7. Failure of Root-Searching in Chen Kaige

   • Hong Zeng

   Pages 123-138

8. Semiotics of Exile and Displaced Film Codes: Jia Zhangke’s Three Films

   • Hong Zeng

   Pages 139-158

9. Conclusion

   • Hong Zeng

   Pages 159-161

10. Back Matter

    Pages 163-177

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Drawing on a variety of film semiotic theories, this book sheds light on works by mainland Chinese directors, Hong Kong New Wave directors, Taiwan New Cinema directors, and overseas Chinese directors. Zeng examines the cultural/historical implications of exile through the detailed analysis of film language and theoretical exploration.

• cinema
• film
• postmodernism
• semiotics

"Hong Zeng presents a much-needed theoretical exploration of Chinese-language film. The theory of exile provides a shared platform to discuss not only a variety of otherwise non-comparable Chinese-language films but also some critical aspects of Chinese films that had been insufficiently studied." - Jie Zhang, assistant professor, Chinese Language, Literature and Cinema , Trinity College

Hong Zeng is an assistant professor of Chinese language, literature, and film at Carleton College.

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