Zhou Xuelin
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789622098497
- eISBN:
- 9789882207707
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789622098497.003.0003
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
This chapter discusses how malcontented young adults rebel against various aspects of the established society, in terms of education, intellectual elite, morality, domestic and social authority, and ...
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This chapter discusses how malcontented young adults rebel against various aspects of the established society, in terms of education, intellectual elite, morality, domestic and social authority, and sexual values. It examines this portrayal of “rebellion” in films such as Awakening (Su xing, 1980), Drive to Win (Sha Ou, 1980), Masters of Mischief (Wanzhu, 1988), and Samsara (Lun hui, 1988).Less
This chapter discusses how malcontented young adults rebel against various aspects of the established society, in terms of education, intellectual elite, morality, domestic and social authority, and sexual values. It examines this portrayal of “rebellion” in films such as Awakening (Su xing, 1980), Drive to Win (Sha Ou, 1980), Masters of Mischief (Wanzhu, 1988), and Samsara (Lun hui, 1988).
