Whitney Crothers Dilley (born in

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) is an American professor of

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and

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. She is best known as the author of the 2007 monograph ''The Cinema of Ang Lee: The Other Side of the Screen'', published by Wallflower Press, and distributed in the United States by

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. Dilley's

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book was listed as a bestseller on

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within a month of its publication, demonstrating growing scholarly interest in the films of

, whose films '' Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'' and ''

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'' both became cultural milestones in the American media. In addition, Dilley has been repeatedly honored (including both financial prizes and citations in ''

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'', ''

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'', and others) for coediting the 2002 work ''Feminism/Femininity in Chinese Literature'', the first book-length English-language application of

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to Chinese literature. She presently lives and works in

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, as an associate professor in the Department of English at

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, Taiwan's most prestigious media/film school. Dilley received her undergraduate education from both Oberlin College and Brown University. She completed her doctorate in

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at the

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in 1998.

Bibliography

*''The Cinema of Ang Lee: The Other Side of the Screen'', Wallflower Press, 2007 (author), Paperback, Hardback *''Feminism/Femininity in Chinese Literature'', Rodopi Press, 2002 (editor), * ''The Cinema of Wes Anderson: Bringing Nostalgia to Life'', Wallflower Press, 2017 (author), Paperback, Hardback

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