Sentimental Fabulations, Contemporary Chinese Films - Attachment in the Age of Global Visibility : Attachment in the Age of Global Visibility

Preface and Acknowledgments ix Note on Transcription xiii Introduction 1 PART I: REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST 1 The Seductions of Homecoming: Temptress Moon and the Question of Origins 29 2 Nostalgia of the New Wave: Romance, Domesticity, and the Longing for Oneness in Happy Together 47 3 The Everyday in The Road Home and In the Mood for Love: From the Legacy of Socialism to the Potency of Yuan 65 PART II: MIGRANTS' LORE, WOMEN'S OPTIONS 4 Autumn Hearts: Filming Feminine "Psychic Interiority" in Song of the Exile 85 5 By Way of Mass Commodities: Love in Comrades, Almost a Love Story 105 6 All Chinese Families Are Alike: Biopolitics in Eat a Bowl of Tea and The Wedding Banquet 123 PART III: PICTURING THE LIFE TO COME... 7 The Political Economy of Vision in Happy Times and Not One Less; or, A Different Type of Migration 147 8 "Human" in the Age of Disposable People: The Ambiguous Import of Kinship and Education in Blind Shaft 167 9 The Enigma of Incest and the Staging of Kinship Family Remains in The River 181 Postscript (Inspired by Brokeback Mountain): "The Juice"; or, "The Great Chinese Theme" 197 Notes 201 Index 251