Women in East Asian Cinema

Gender Representations, Creative Labour and Global Histories

By: Felicia Chan (Editor), Fraser Elliott (Editor), Andrew Willis (Editor)

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Hardcover | 6 December 2023

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Examines the work of women in East Asian Cinema in front of and behind the screen Highlights understudied areas on women's contributions to film East Asian film in particular Highlights importance of re-historicising women's creative labour in film, not just as actors on screen Recentres women's film history into film history more broadly Creates opportunities for dialogue amongst established and emerging scholars working in different areas of East Asian film studies Women in East Asian Cinema brings together new and emerging work to highlight and explore the understudied contributions of women to the films and creative industries of East Asia. It is a book which foregrounds the importance of re-historicising women's creative labour in film, not just as actors on screen, but as voices who have steered the production, circulation and consumption of these films across global contexts. Over three sections, the book provides perspectives on gender representation in East and South-East Asian cinema; new explorations of women's labour contributions as directors, screenwriters, and editors; and considerations of the contemporary circulation processes through which such work reaches global audiences. By recentring women's film histories within the broader history of cinema and interrogating the geo-political boundaries of what might constitute 'East Asia' in the process, this volume makes a robust intervention into studies of East Asian cinema and women in film.

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This expertly edited volume puts East Asian women's filmmaking into conversation with world cinema by focusing on feminist-queer aesthetics, female spectatorship and the female gaze. Women too often fail to get credit for the jobs they do as filmmakers, and this anthology helps to redress that disparity by shining a light on the often neglected work by Asian women filmmakers.--Gina Marchetti, Pratt Institute
This volume examines women's creative labour across the spectrum of writing, acting, directing, and more in Asian film. With the global film environment always in mind, the authors brilliantly challenge Western models and bring out the often unrecognized role of women in developing original cinema traditions for new places and sensibilities.--Wendy Larson, University of Oregon

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