Film and Constitutional Controversy Book contents
- Film and Constitutional Controversy
- Law in Context
- Film and Constitutional Controversy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Love in a Time of Transition:
- 2 Laughing at the Law:
- 3 Women’s Rights and Censorship:
- 4 The Common Law after 1997:
- 5 A Matter of National Security:
- 6 Choosing the Leader:
- 7 Scenes from a Traumatic Event:
- Coda:
- Bibliography
- Filmography
- Index
3 - Women’s Rights and Censorship:
Andrew Lau’s Raped by an Angel
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2021
- Film and Constitutional Controversy
- Law in Context
- Film and Constitutional Controversy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Love in a Time of Transition:
- 2 Laughing at the Law:
- 3 Women’s Rights and Censorship:
- 4 The Common Law after 1997:
- 5 A Matter of National Security:
- 6 Choosing the Leader:
- 7 Scenes from a Traumatic Event:
- Coda:
- Bibliography
- Filmography
- Index
Summary
The implementation of the Bill of Rights ordinance galvanized Hong Kong’s women’s rights movement in the early 1990s, even though the colonial government did not necessarily have gender equality in mind when it introduced the legislation. I explore the curious coexistence of the consolidation of women’s rights on the one hand, and the rising popularity of misogynistic and degrading depictions of women in film on the other, with a particular focus on Andrew Lau’s Raped by an Angel (1993; 香港奇案之強姦). I also discuss the influence of the film censorship regime on representations of sexual violence in Hong Kong cinema in this period, especially within what became known as age-restricted “Category III” films.
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- Film and Constitutional ControversyVisualizing Hong Kong Identity in the Age of 'One Country, Two Systems', pp. 61 - 82Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021