num_pages: 252
description: Chow situates contemporary Chinese film within the broad context of Chinese history and culture, giving readers a glimpse of the unique shared identity that characterizes the current crop of outstanding filmmakers, such as Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou.
language: English
title: Primitive Passions: Visuality, Sexuality, Ethnography, and Contemporary Chinese Cinema
titlecomplete: Primitive Passions: Visuality, Sexuality, Ethnography, and Contemporary Chinese Cinema
genres: Criticism, Cultural Studies
ratings_count: 40
series: Film and Culture Series
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: James Russell Lowell Prize
publisher: Columbia University Press