Susan Daruvala: Ang Lee's Lust/ Caution and Cultural Memory
School of Modern Languages Research Seminar Series
Location: Research Beehive, 2.20
Time/Date: 12th May 2011, 16:00 - 17:00
Susan Daruvala (Cambridge) is going to speak about "Ang Lee's Lust/ Caution and Cultural Memory"
Set in 1940s Shanghai, Ang Lee's film Lust/Caution and the story by Zhang Ailing on which it was based explore the link between selfhood and performance in the theatre of war. This talk focuses on two facets of performance: that which takes place within the story and film, and the ways in which the story and film themselves function as performative acts, within a larger context of disputed ongoing cultural memorization.Published: 1st February 2011