“In Vogue: National Ethnicity and Cultural Politics: Lust, Caution and China's Lust, Caution Phenomenon”
With Avenali Resident Fellow Dai Jinhua
Maude Fife Room, 315 Wheeler Hall
In 2007, Ang Lee’s film, Lust, Caution opened simultaneously in mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. It was a sensation, leading to strong, passionate reactions. Dai Jinhua’s lecture approaches the interpretations and reception of Lust, Caution, along with the acclaim and denunciations of the film, as a cluster of socio-cultural symptoms. With responses by Linda Williams (Film Studies and Rhetoric) and Lisa Rofel (Anthropology, UC Santa Cruz). Introduced and moderated by Pheng Cheah (Rhetoric).
