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Record Nr.

UNINA9910971136103321

Autore

Zhang Yingjin

Titolo

Chinese national cinema / / Yingjin Zhang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2004

ISBN

1-134-69086-X

0-415-17289-6

1-134-69087-8

1-280-07745-X

0-203-64583-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xiv, 328 p. : ill

Collana

National cinemas

Disciplina

791.43/0951

Soggetti

Motion pictures - China - History

Motion pictures - Taiwan - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 308-322) and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter 1 INTRODUCTION -- National cinema and China -- chapter 2 CINEMA AND NATIONAL TRADITIONS, 1896–1929 -- chapter 3 CINEMA AND THE NATION-PEOPLE, 1930–49 -- chapter 4 CINEMATIC REINVENTION OF THE NATIONAL IN TAIWAN, 1896–1978 -- chapter 5 CINEMATIC REVIVAL OF THE REGIONAL IN HONG KONG, 1945–78 -- chapter 6 CINEMA AND THE NATION-STATE IN THE PRC, 1949–78 -- chapter 7 CINEMA AND NATIONAL/REGIONAL CULTURES, 1979–89 -- chapter 8 CINEMA AND THE TRANSNATIONAL IMAGINARY, 1990–2002.

Sommario/riassunto

This introduction to Chinese national cinema covers three 'Chinas': mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Historical and comparative perspectives bring out the parallel developments in these three Chinas, while critical analysis explores thematic and stylistic changes over time. As well as exploring artistic achievements and ideological debates, Yingjin Zhang examines how - despite the pressures placed on the industry from state control and rigid censorship - Chinese national cinema remains incapable of projecting a single unified picture, but rather portrays many different Chinas.