Taiwan Lecture SeriesFilm Screening: The Postmodern Life of My Aunt (2006)
- Termin in der Vergangenheit
- Wednesday, 26. June 2024, 18:00 Uhr
- Institut für Sinologie, Raum 010.01.05, Voßstraße 2, 69115 Heidelberg
„Postmodern Life“ is a tragic-comedy adapted from a novel called „The Aunt’s Postmodern Life“ (Yima de houxiandai shenghuo 姨妈的后现代生活) by Yan Yan (燕燕 b.1955), first published in 2006. It is supposed to be based on a real woman, observed by her 12-year-old nephew who spends time staying with his aunt in Shanghai. Yan Yan states in interview, “The tragedies of the intellectuals [...] reflect that they are lost in order to acclimatize to the society” (Zhang 2005: 41). As such, Ye Rutang symbolizes the individual trajectory of an intellectual and how she is at odds with mainstream society and official state discourse. What is so postmodern about Mrs Ye’s life? Does the tragic-comedy reflect the decentring of the subject, random grazing and depthless relationships, lack of a meta-narrative, or a condition of late capitalism? How does this film visually imagine the story about this unlikely heroine?
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About Ann Hui
Director Ann Hui, born in Anshan, where the second half of the movie is set, is one of the best-known Chinese female directors of the late twentieth and twenty-first century. Her Vietnam trilogy (The Boy from Vietnam/Lai Ke 來客, 1978, a television program; The Story of Woo Viet/Wu Yue de gushi 胡越的故事, 1981; Boat People/Touben nu hai 投奔怒海, 1982), the adaptation of the historical novel Love in a Fallen City/Qingcheng zhi lian傾城之戀 (1984), and Song of the Exile/Ketu jiuhen 客途秋恨(1990) are just a few of the titles that have gained acclaim for Hui, who has been based in Hong Kong for decades.
Alle Termine der Veranstaltung 'Taiwan Lecture Series'
This year’s “Taiwan Lecture Series” is devoted to questioning “Sinophone Authenticities” from cross-sectional perspectives. Approaching the topic “In Search for Home – Authenticity and Chineseness in Taiwan and the Sinophone World”, it will consist of four sections, and offer views from art, politics, literature and gender studies. It will begin with a section “Contesting Home – Artistic Renderings” with Taiwan Sound and Visual Artist FENG Chi-han (Taiwan/Hong Kong), a second section on “Post-Chineseness in Taiwan Politics” with SHIH Chih-yu (National Taiwan University), a third on “Travel Writing and Taiwan Identities” with LIN Shu-hui (National Taiwan Normal University), and a last section on “Homing Feminism in the Sinophone World” with Paola ZAMPERINI (Northwestern University).