Struggle, Rebellion, and Transformation: Disease and Patient Representation in Dying to Survive

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Abstract: Released in the summer of 2018, Wen Muye’s Dying to Survive generated heated discussion over China’s healthcare system among the Chinese audience. This paper examines the representation of disease and patients in Dying to Survive, analyzing how the film has reflected, critiqued, and challenged China’s medical and public health reality by bringing a real-life story to the big screen. Through a close analysis of individual patients appearing in the film, the paper demonstrates how the patients redefine the meanings of their life, death, and identity as they confront the disease and rebel against the dark reality blocking their chances of living. Additionally, the film suggests how the patient community may become a momentum of driving positive changes in the extant healthcare system by interacting with and making impacts on the thoughts of those beyond the patient community.

Type of resource	text
Date created	June 2020

Author	Li, Fenghua
Primary advisor	Wang, Ban
Degree granting institution	Stanford University, East Asian Languages and Cultures, Center for East Asian Studies

Subject	East Asian Languages and Cultures
Subject	East Asian Studies
Subject	cancer
Subject	leukemia patients
Subject	disease metaphor
Subject	contemporary Chinese cinema
Subject	healthcare policy
Subject	medical humanities
Genre	Thesis

Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/fd944gy0371

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Preferred Citation: Li, Fenghua. (2020). Struggle, Rebellion, and Transformation: Disease and Patient Representation in Dying to Survive. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/fd944gy0371

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