Representing Sexuality on Screen in Walled Societies: A Comparative Analysis of Iranian Film (The May Lady) and Chinese Film (Army Nurse)

Abstract

This chapter offers a comparative study of contemporary Iranian and Chinese cinema since the late 1980s from a trans-Asia perspective. Through a close reading of the two films, Han discusses how they situate their protagonists in their respective societies and analyzes the similarities between the two films’ aesthetic approaches in the representation of the sacrificing mother and single motherhood.