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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785589803321

Titolo

Art, politics, and commerce in Chinese cinema / / edited by Ying Zhu and Stanley Rosen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press, 2010

Hong Kong : , : Hong Kong University Press

London : , : Eurospan [distributor], , 2010

ISBN

1-282-75024-0

9786612750243

988-220-528-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 292 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

384/380951

Soggetti

Motion pictures - China - History

Motion picture industry - Political aspects - China - History

Motion picture industry - Economic aspects - China - History

Motion picture industry - Social aspects - China - History

Art and motion pictures - China - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based on print version record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Film industry : local and global markets -- pt. 2. Film politics : genre and reception -- pt. 3. Film art : style and authorship.

Sommario/riassunto

Art, politics and commerce are intertwined everywhere, but in China the interplay is explicit, intimate and elemental, and nowhere more so than in the film industry. Understanding this interplay in the era of market reform and globalization is essential to understanding mainland Chinese cinema. This interdisciplinary book provides a comprehensive reappraisal of Chinese cinema, surveying the evolution of film production and consumption in mainland China as a product of shifting relations between art, politics, and commerce. Within these arenas, each of twelve chapters treats a particular histor