From Invisible to Visible
The Gentle Power of East Asian Female Directors in Shaping Women
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Abstract
Asian women are often marginalized in global contexts, and they are often disembodied or presented in sexualized images in film and television productions. Even in the Asian region, Asian women have difficulty giving themselves a voice in popular culture. This essay has selected three films and tends to explore the gender connotation, body, and sexuality in the film works of East Asian female directors in recent decades, with the intent to explore the female sexual desire that is expressed and reflected in those female directors’ works.
Contributor Notes
Xinyue Wang is a graduate student from Beijing Film Academy whose research interests focus on feminist film theory, female-authored genre film, female pleasure, and critical media industry studies.