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200 10$aContemporary Chinese Films and Celebrity Directors /$fby Shenshen Cai
205   $a1st ed. 2017.
210  1$aSingapore :$cSpringer Singapore :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2017.
215   $a1 online resource (VII, 168 p.) 
311   $a981-10-2965-2 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
327   $aIntroduction -- Han Han and His Debut Film The Continent: Identity in Flux, Cruel Youth, and Broken Ideals -- Guo Jingming and His Tiny Times Film Series -- Xu Jinglei: A Successful Actor-writer-director -- Zhao Wei and Her Debut Film So Young: Nostalgia for the Innocent Adolescent -- Jiang Wen and His Signature Films: Let the Bullets Fly and Gone with the Bullets -- Jiang Wenli and Her Autobiographical Film Lan -- Conclusion.
330   $aThis new text examines recent popular Chinese films and derivative cultural phenomena, with a focus on films directed by celebrity directors such as Han Han, Guo Jingming, Xu Jinglei and Zhao Wei. In opposition to Fifth and Sixth Generation Chinese filmmakers who explored the grand-narratives of history, the oppression of the pre-socialist and socialist eras, and those marginalized by socio-economic changes, the celebrity directors at the heart of this book center on the new trends of living and emotional challenges faced by contemporary Chinese people, in particular the younger generations. This book sheds light on newly emerging social and cultural fashions in contemporary China, such as the social stigma of being ?left-over? (reflected in Xu Jinglei?s films), the issue of wealth ?flaunting? (represented in Guo Jingming?s films) or nostalgia for the long lost innocence of adolescence (demonstrated in Zhao Wei?s film). Considering present-day consumer capitalism through the lens of cinema, this text analyses in detail the significance of films chosen for their relevance, providing a reflection of social reality and cultural changes in 21st century China.
606   $aMotion pictures?Asia
606   $aCultural studies
606   $aSocial history
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606   $aSocial History$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/724000
615  0$aMotion pictures?Asia.
615  0$aCultural studies.
615  0$aSocial history.
615 14$aAsian Cinema and TV.
615 24$aCultural Studies.
615 24$aSocial History.
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