Abstract
The father image in Chinese film and TV shows is often absent or lacks power. This is a new phenomenon presented by fathers in social relations, family relations and self-identity and reflects the implicit identity anxiety behind the father image in the new pattern of middle-class families. The father image in film and TV shows is no longer a symbol of power and authority of the traditional patriarchy but a deconstruction from the loss of discourse to disintegration, not only reflecting the loss of discourse of individuals’ rights but also presenting a certain metaphor of the era. Fathers recovering from their image collapse requires a new sublimation image so that their power representation and self-worth can be renewed.
Highlights
The father image in Chinese film and TV shows is often absent or lacks power
The father image in China‟s contemporary local film and TV dramas is often powerless, lacks discourse, and highlights absence. This phenomenon is present because the traditional era symbolized by fathers has diminished while a new era represented by the generation has predominated and because an internal force has disrupted the process of inheritance and the continuation of the father image
The powerlessness and loss of discourse of the father image show that the narrative of fathers in contemporary film and TV dramas is vague in the sense of traditional Chinese culture; the character setting is often repetitive and passive, and the representation of patriarchy in the new era is pessimistic and disconnected from values
Summary
The father image in China‟s contemporary local film and TV dramas is often powerless, lacks discourse, and highlights absence This phenomenon is present because the traditional era symbolized by fathers has diminished while a new era represented by the generation has predominated and because an internal force has disrupted the process of inheritance and the continuation of the father image. Their authority was abandoned in the new era, fathers are still present as “Father” in the family and society, but they are no longer able to find their place This seems to be merely the anxiety of patriarchy but is the suspicion of all of society regarding the incarnation of bygone “power.” Why is the presentation of fathers, who have always represented power and authority, repeatedly been diminished in film and TV dramas while their values, social relations, and behavior motives are all clearly contradictory?
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