Social upheavals in 20th-century China since the late Qing dynasty have profoundly impacted both individuals and society and left traumatic marks on collective memory. Chen Kaige’s Film Farewell My Concubine is one of the few movies incisively recalls and reflects these memories in public. This talk focuses on the film’s use of visual language in representing public space during various social movements to analyze the site of collective memory.
Humanities Research Institute
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Urbana, IL 61801
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