Read "Cinema and National/Regional Cultures" (Zhang 225-240) and continue reading "Film Terms and Topics for Film Analysis and Writing" (Corrigan 61-86) to help you frame your response to Woman Demon Human. Master copy of the readings for Tuesday 9/17 are available in the box outside my office (POT 1453) in case you need to make copies. Please return them to the box as soon as you are done.
Please post your well-written two-paragraph response to the film with attention to both content and form: cultural, historical, and political background as Zhang outlines in his book, as well as composition and the image, editing, and sound as Corrigan pushes us to carefully examine how a particular scene is composed.
Zhang asks in his history what makes Woman Demon Human a unique 'feminist' film from China and highlights the idea of identity as performance (Zhang, 234-5). What do you think? Do take this into careful consideration in your responses, which will be due on Monday 9/16 by 8 pm. Comments to two other responses due on Monday 9/16 by 10 pm. Feel free to raise your own question and find your unique voice in your response. Carefully edit your writings, always cite sources when you are quoting or paragraphing others to avoid plagiarizing. Cite specific scenes from the film and quotes from readings to support your argument.
