Filming Margins: Tang Shu Shuen, A Forgotten Hong Kong Woman Director

Filming Margins

FILMING MARGINS Hong Kong University Press thanks Xu Bing for writing the Press's name in his Square Word Calligraph y fo r th e cover s of its books. For further information , se e p. iv. FILMING MARGINS TANG SHU SHUEN A Forgonen Hong Kong Woman Director Yau Ching # jg . *. * & ft& f± \ ^ £ 7 HONG KON G UNIVERSIT Y PRES S Hong Kon g University Pres s 14/F Hing Wai Centr e 7 Tin Wan Pray a Roa d Aberdeen Hong Kon g© Hon g Kon g University Pres s 200 4 ISBN 96 2 20 9 689 1 All right s reserved. No portio n o f this publication ma y be reproduce d or transmitted i n any form o r by any means, electronic o r mechanical, includin g photocopy, recording , or any informatio n storag e or retrieval system , without permissio n i n writing from th e publisher . Secure On-lin e Orderin g http://www.hkupress.org British Librar y Cataloguing-in-Publicatio n Dat a A catalogu e recor d fo r thi s book i s available from th e British Library . Printed an d bound by United Leagu e Graphic & Printing Co. Ltd., in Hong Kong, China Hong Kon g Universit y Pres s i s honoure d tha t X u Bing , whos e ar t explores th e comple x theme s o f language acros s cultures, has writte n the Press' s nam e i n hi s Squar e Wor d Calligraphy . Thi s signal s ou r£91 commitmen t t o cross-cultura l thinkin g an d th e distinctiv e natur e o f our English-languag e book s publishe d i n China . "At first glance , Square Word Calligraph y appear s to be nothing mor e unusual tha n Chines e characters , bu t i n fac t i t i s a ne w wa y o f rendering Englis h word s i n th e forma t o f a squar e s o the y resembl e Chinese characters . Chinese viewer s expect t o be able to read Squar e Word Calligraph y but cannot. Western viewers, however are surprise d to find the y can read it . Delight erupts when meanin g i s unexpectedly revealed." — Britt a Erickson, The Art of Xu Bing m J&EL us ...