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Heverly 1 Theresa Heverly Professor Sargent May 1, 2002 In the novel, The Sublime Figure of History, Wang uses Zhang Yimou's movie Red Sorghum to argue that "revolutionary film differs from the classical Hollywood film in its representation of women"(Wang, 150). The maternal image in this movie is seen as a revolt against traditional roles of the Chinese female gender. Red Sorghum takes place during a time of revolution in China where there was much rebellion against tradition. In the tradition of Chinese literature and film, there has always been a dichotomization in the characterization of women into two stereotypes: the refined, beautiful but domesticated woman, and the alluring but terrible seductress (Lu, 129). The main character and only woman in Red Sorghum, Nine, can be seen as a cross of these stereotypes. Zhang Yimou once said, "We Chinese have been too moderate, too reserved... the boundless red of sorghum fields arouses sensory excitement... it...

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