num_pages: 252
description: Situating modern Chinese film within the broader context of Chinese history and culture, this study argues that the cinema in China belongs to a firm tradition of visual arts that has for many years been suppressed. It analyzes the emotional response to social, political and economic deprivations.
language: English
title: Primitive Passions
titlecomplete: Primitive Passions (Film and Culture Series)
genres: Criticism, Cultural Studies
ratings_count: 40
series: Film and Culture Series
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: James Russell Lowell Prize
publisher: Columbia University Press