Though we may see it as wrong‚ concubines have been apart of the Chinese culture for centuries. Many people do not understand what the life of a concubine was like‚ but one can rest assure that it was not very pleasant‚ but considered quite normal when it first started. The history of concubines in China can be dated back to 221 BC‚ in which the Ch’in Dynasty shifted the Taoist culture to a Confucianist culture‚ and -in spite of how some may feel- has long since been accepted by the people. On the
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Midterm Paper Gender in Modern China Farewell My Concubine Farewell My Concubine by Chen Kaige (1993) is amongst the few great Chinese films that have rarely made its way to Western audiences. Farewell my concubine has been acclaimed by Western critics and received many awards from various critics’ organizations. This film marks and is a direct representation in a shift in artistic opportunities in with in many artistic mediums with in China. Farewell My Concubine gives an opportunity for Westerners
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Formal analysis on Farewell‚ My Concubine and Raise the Red Lantern. Among the Chinese films that were shown in class‚ Farewell‚ My Concubine and Raise the Red Lantern could be distinguished as more modern films compared to others. Being that they are fairly modern piece of work‚ the camera techniques‚ the color scheme‚ and different props used in the two films were quite alike. It was really interesting to analyze the mise-en-scene of both of the films‚ because these two films carry out completely
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“Women equals slaves and concubines‚” was the mentality of patriarchal societies long ago. In today’s society men and women are viewed as equals; no sex is subordinate of the other‚ but during the early complex societies‚ there was an obvious split in which gender was more superior. Back then‚ authoritative figures/gods said that men were more important than women. The superiority of man over woman is constantly revealed in many of the historical documents. For example‚ man could ‘own’ plenty of
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Zhang Writing 1 05/6/2011 A new look on homosexuality-analysis of Farewell My Concubine Although homosexuality exists in social reality‚ the lack of its own “truthful” representation in terms of books or films creates numerous misunderstandings that prevent the development of a positive homosexual sensibility in Chinese culture. Therefore‚ the most impressive and controversial part of the movie Farewell My Concubine (Kaige Chen‚ 1993) is its effort to break the language-less silence in search
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Wu Zetian was born into a rich and noble family. As a child she was taught to write‚ read the Chinese classics and to play music. At the age of fourteen‚ this accomplished child became a concubine to Emperor Taizong. She was given the title Cairer. Her perspicacity set her apart from others in the palace and her knowledge of literature and history and talent quickly found favor with the emperor. He bestowed Wu Zetian the title Meiniang which means ’charming lady’ and she was assigned to work in
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Directed by Chen Kaige‚ a highly acclaimed fifth-generation Chinese film director‚ Farewell My Concubine has received many international film awards and nominations; among them are the Best Foreign Film and the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1993. In the film‚ Cheng Dieyi‚ a Peking Opera actor playing the leading female characters‚ becomes obsessed with his role as the concubine of the King of Chu and blurs his stage role with the real life he leads. The circumstances in which one grows
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12 February 12 University of British Columbia University of British Columbia ASIA 355 002 Topic: Character Analysis of Farewell My Concubine ASIA 355 002 Topic: Character Analysis of Farewell My Concubine 08 Fall 08 Fall Instractor: Rui Wang Date: Feb. 12th‚ 2013 Instractor: Rui Wang Date: Feb. 12th‚ 2013 Farewell My Concubine‚ a Chen Faige directed film. It was released in Hong Kong in 1993‚ and in this film‚ there are several famous Chinese actors and actress
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Historical Analysis of the film “Farewell My Concubine” (1992) (ASIA 355‚ Section 921‚ Dr. Wang‚ Rui) Yohan Kim #37635125 23 July‚ 2013 Most compelling film “Farewell My Concubine” by Chinese filmmaker Chen Kaige depicts clamorous historical events broken out in China in twentieth century as well as human desire of love and ambition. Chen’s brilliant direct and cast of the love triangle within the film stimulate the viewers and smoothen the connections between rapid developments of the story
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Chen Kaige’s Farewell‚ My Concubine renders the complex‚ tumultuous historical events of twentieth century China on an epic‚ yet intimate and personal scale. Chen foregrounds his cast‚ centered on the love triangle among two Peking Opera performers and a prostitute‚ against a backdrop of dramatic and changing historical circumstances in China. The events depicted include the end of the “Warlord period‚” the Sino-Japanese War and the period of Japanese Occupation of China‚ the post-war reconsolidation
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