Political subjects are largely absent.
Under the subheading, "Principles of etiquette," the guide says that sensitive political subjects concerning Chinese politics should be off limits.
However, that abstract view ignores other politically salient features of the identities of political subjects that exceed the category of citizen, such as race, religion, class, and sex.
"They skewered everyone," Ms. Curran said of the political subjects.
But this year's festival trades far more heavily in political subjects dealt with in human terms.
She never gives interviews, except on the most circumscribed and non-party political subjects.
Writer continues the press conference as if the party and lighting effects were political subjects.
Next up for the 51-year-old director are two overtly political subjects: Vietnam and Iraq.
Pola Dwurnik, a 28-year-old painter, said she avoided political subjects in her artwork.
Though they spar less these days, political subjects do occasionally come up — climate change in particular.
The artists here follow suit, taking a poetic approach to political subjects.
