[Reading Response]: Seng E Noirs: The City, The women and other spaces
This article discusses about the social status of women in Hong Kong Cinema during the 1960s especially in the genres of melodrama and noir thriller. The article shed light on the geopolitical tension and how gender inequality deteriorated accomplished by modernization of the city. The article used James bonds series on Hong Kong’s noir thriller genre and the prominence of female lead in Cantonese-language films. They emphasise women’s beauty, physical power and intelligence, which tried to tell the public that women can also be strong, independent and work in the society. In this article, they also discuss how movies utilise
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