Film and the Chinese Medical Humanities

ISBN-13: 9781032085241 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 268 str.

Vivienne Lo; Chris Berry; Guo Liping

Opis

Chinese Film and the Medical Humanities is the first book to reflect on the power of film in representing medical and health discourse in China in both the past and the present, as well as in shaping its future.

Spis treści

Introduction  Part 1: Cross Cultural Histories of the Body and its Care  1. Dead or Alive: Martial Arts and The Forensic Gaze  2. How to be a Good Maoist Doctor: Wuyingdeng xia song yinzhen 无影灯下颂银针 (An Ode to the Silver Needle Under a Shadowless Lamp, 1974)  3. Self-Care, Yangsheng and Mutual Aid in Zhang Yang’s Shower (Xizao 洗澡 (1999)  4. Sentiments like Water: Unsettling Pathologies of Homosexual and Sadomasochistic Desire  Part 2: Film and the Public Sphere  5. The Fever with No Name: Genre-blending Responses to the HIV-tainted Blood Scandal in 1990’s China  6. Fortune Teller: The Visible and Invisible  7. Longing for the Rain: Journeys into the Dislocated Female Body of Urban China  Part 3: Improving the Education and Training of Health Professionals  8. The Gigantic Black Citadel: Design of Death and Medical Humanities Pedagogy in China  9. Blind Massage: Sense and Sensuality  10. Cinemeducation and Disability: An Undergraduate Special Study Module for Medical Students in China  Part 4: Transforming Self-health Care in the Digital Age  11. Raising Awareness about Anti-microbial Resistance: a Nationwide Video and Arts Competition for Chinese University Students using Social Media  12. Queer Comrades: Digital Video Documentary and LGBTQ Health Activism in China  13. Recovering from Mental Illness and Suicidal Behaviour in a Culturally Diverse Context: The Use of Digital Storytelling in Cross-cultural Medical Humanities and Mental Health  14. Food-related Yangsheng Short Videos among the Retired Population in Shanghai

O autorze

Vivienne Lo is a Senior Lecturer and the convenor of the UCL China Centre for Health and Humanity, UK. Vivienne's core research concerns the social and cultural origins of acupuncture, therapeutic exercise, and food and medicine.

Chris Berry is Professor of Film Studies at King’s College London, UK. He researches Chinese-language cinemas and other Chinese-language screen-based media.

Guo Liping is Professor of English and Vice Dean in the School of Health Humanities, Peking University, China. Her research interests include narrative medicine and medical humanities education.