The early transnational Chinese cinema industry /

"Based on extensive original research including in studio archives, industrial surveys, official records, trade journals, and English and Chinese newspapers, this book explores the role of the American film industry in the development of cinema in China. It examines the Chinese industry's...

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Main Author: Fu, Yongchun (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2019.
Series:Media, culture, and social change in Asia series ; 63.
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Summary:"Based on extensive original research including in studio archives, industrial surveys, official records, trade journals, and English and Chinese newspapers, this book explores the role of the American film industry in the development of cinema in China. It examines the Chinese industry's response to the American industry, and the consequences of this response. It also considers the attitudes of Chinese film practitioners towards Hollywood, and the contribution of those figures who acted as intermediaries between the two industries. Overall, the book casts much new light on the early development of the film industry in China and demonstrates the huge influence Hollywood had on this"--
Item Description:Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Auckland, 2014, titled China's industrial response to Hollywood : a transnational history, 1923-1937.
Physical Description:xiv, 141 pages ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1138592374
9781138592377