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More than escapist romantic fantasies: Revisiting Qiong Yao films of the 1970s

ABSTRACT Qiong Yao films of the 1970s are thought to provide nothing but escapist romantic fantasies. This misconception prevents scholars from perceiving a strong link to the social reality of the 1970s in some of Qiong Yao's popular films. By examining the positive images of working girls in two Qiong Yao films Lee Hsing directed in 1973, The Young Ones and The Heart with a Million Knots and Bai Jingrui's 1976 The Autumn Love Song, this essay argues that Qiong Yao films provide ‘realistic’ dreams of social mobility, making the romantic love even more appealing to the working-class females, the main body of Qiong Yao's audience.