Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1: Wang Dulu and Ang Lee Artistic Creativity and Sexual Freedom in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon -- CHAPTER 2: Su Tong and Zhang Yimou Women�s Places in Raise the Red Lantern -- CHAPTER 3: Eileen Chang and Stanley Kwan Politics and Love in Red Rose (and) White Rose -- CHAPTER 4: Liu Yichang and Wong Kar-wai The Class Trap in In the Mood for Love -- CHAPTER 5: Dai Sijie Locating the Third Culture in Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
CHAPTER 6: Hou Xiaoxian and Zhu Tianwen Politics and Poetics in A Time to Live, A Time to DieCHAPTER 7: Chen Yuhui and Chen Guofu Envisioning Democracy in The Personals -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Selected Filmography -- Index