Sounding the Modern Woman: The Songstress in Chinese Cinema

Author/Contributor(s):	Ma, Jean
Publisher:	Duke University Press
Date:	06/13/2015
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Jean Ma shows how the rise and domination of singing actresses--or songstresses--in Chinese cinema attests to the changing roles of women in urban modernity, the complex symbiosis between the film and music industries, and the distinctive gendering of lyrical expression.