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Record Nr.

UNINA9910972864703321

Autore

Berry Chris <1959 April 28->

Titolo

Postsocialist cinema in post-Mao China : the cultural revolution after the Cultural Revolution / / Chris Berry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2004

ISBN

1-135-93647-1

1-135-93648-X

1-280-16833-1

0-203-50247-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Collana

East Asia : history, politics, sociology, culture

Disciplina

791.43/0951

Soggetti

Motion pictures - China - History

Motion pictures - Political aspects - China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-205) and index.

Filmography: p. (207-208).

Nota di contenuto

Cover; POSTSOCIALIST CINEMA IN POST-MAO CHINA: The Culture Revolution after the Cultural Revolution; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION: TOWARD A POSTSOCIALIST CINEMA?; CHAPTER 2 WRITING ON BLANK PAPER: PEDAGOGICAL CINEMA 1949-1976; CHAPTER 3 ENTERING FORBIDDEN ZONES AND EXPOSING WOUNDS: REWRITING SOCIALIST HISTORY; CHAPTER 4 POSTSOCIALISM AND THE DECLINE OF THE HERO; CHAPTER 5 A FAMILY AFFAIR: SEPARATION AND SUBJECTIVITY; CHAPTER 6 ENDING IT ALL: BITTER LOVE; CHAPTER 7 AFTERWORD: FOREIGNER WITHIN, FOREIGNER WITHOUT; Notes; Bibliography; FILMOGRAPHY; Appendix; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book argues that the fundamental shift in Chinese Cinema away from Socialism and towards Post-Socialism can be located earlier than the emergence of the ""Fifth Generation"" in the mid-eighties when it is usually assumed to have occured. By close analysis of films from the 1949-1976 Maoist era in comparison with 1976-81 films representing the Cultural Revolution, it demonstrates that the latter already breaks away from Socialism.