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Stanley Kwans' film, "Center Stage" and its representation of feminism

Date Submitted: 12/24/2000 18:43:27
Length: 11 pages (2981 words)
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Stanley Kwans' film, Center Stage rewrites the life of Ruan Lingyu and raises questions about the representation of Ruan's on-screen image and of her off-screen persona. Ruan's fragmented stories with historical details and the interaction between film directors and the female image presents the discourse of feminism, in the context of the modern woman (Zhang, 1994, pp.617) and its visual representations and the role of women in public and private domain. Center Stage intersperses the main …

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