Have you ever wished you could just escape the anxieties and mundanity of modern life by traveling back to Qing Dynasty China? How does time travel romance create a simulacra of a “glorious and wealthy feudal past” that allows audiences to “effortlessly become a love interest and an admired woman through the male gaze shaped by multiple admirers”?

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Discussed:

• Startling by Each Step (2011)
• Palace (2011)

Guest: Dr. Huike Wen

Professor teaching media studies and global cultural studies at Willamette University

Website | Romance in Post-Socialist Chinese Television

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