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Films
4 Films
with a digital version available
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Region
“Central Asia and Far East”
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Keywords
“Gender Role and Identity”
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films with a digital version
4
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short films
3
Region
Central Asia and Far East
4
x
Country
China
2
Japan
1
Russian Federation
1
Keywords
Family / Kinship
1
Gender Role and Identity
4
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Herding
1
Marriage
1
Nomads and Nomadism
1
Ritual
2
Shamans and Shamanism
2
Social Change
2
Directors
Kuentz, Gaspard
1
Rousso-Schindler, Steven
2
Seaman, Gary
2
Sheppard, John
1
Song, Zhifang
2
Series
Disappearing World Series
1
Song Family Village
2
not set
1
Country of production
China
2
Japan
1
United Kingdom
1
United States
2
Year of production
1989
1
2009
2
2015
1
Film list
The Heavenly Court in Song Family Village
2009
30
‘
Directed by
Zhifang Song
Gary Seaman
Steven Rousso-Schindler
.
Religious life in the village is highly gendered, with female shamans dominating most religious activities. These shamanesses and their gods are organised as a “court”, which expresses a
Central Asia and Far East
Gender Role and Identity
Shamans and Shamanism
Ritual
The Herders of Mongun-Taiga
1989
52
‘
Directed by
John Sheppard
.
The Tuvinians live deep inside the Soviet Union, at the very centre of Asia. Tuva is geographically closer to Peking than to Moscow. It only entered the USSR in 1944 and was closed to foreigners
Central Asia and Far East
Herding
Nomads and Nomadism
Shamans and Shamanism
Gender Role and Identity
Social Change
Song Family Village Takes a Bride
2009
27
‘
Directed by
Zhifang Song
Gary Seaman
Steven Rousso-Schindler
.
Most weddings in the village still reflect traditional patterns of patrilineal descent and patrilocal residence. The bride leaves her natal home to marry into her husband’s village, where she is a
Central Asia and Far East
Marriage
Family / Kinship
Gender Role and Identity
Social Change
Uzu
2015
27
‘
Directed by
Gaspard Kuentz
.
Held every October in the city of Matsuyama, the Dogo Autumn Festival is one of the most violent religious festivals celebrated in Japan. Eight teams of men carrying massive portable wood shrines
Central Asia and Far East
Ritual
Gender Role and Identity