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Contemporary chinese cinema and visual culture : Envisioning the Nation /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lu, Sheldon H. (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.
Series:Global East Asian screen cultures.
Subjects:
Olympic Games > (29th : > 2008 : > Beijing, China)
Art, Chinese > 20th century > Themes, motives.
Art and society > China > History > 20th century.
Art and society > China > History > 21st century.
Art > Political aspects > China.
Art > Economic aspects > China.
Motion pictures > Political aspects > China > 20th century.
Motion pictures > China > Hong Kong > History > 20th century.
Motion pictures > Taiwan > History > 20th century.
Sex role in art.
Sex workers > Themes, motives.
Olympics in art.
Public art > China > Beijing.
1900-2099
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Refashioning the Nation in Transnational Cinema and Art
  • Part 1: Nationhood, Gender, Sexuality, Masculinity in Feature Film
  • 1.Projecting the Chinese Nation on Domestic and Global Screens
  • 2. Space, Mobility, Modernity: The Female Prostitute in Chinese-language Film
  • 3. Re-orientations of Hong Kong Cinema and Transformations of Masculinity
  • 4. Masculinity in Crisis: Male Characters in Jia Zhangke's Films
  • Part 2. Multimedia Engagements with the Local, National, and Global
  • 5. Peripheral, Underground, and Independent Cinema
  • 6. Performing and Romancing the Other in Film, Television Drama, and Ballet
  • 7. Reshaping Beijing's Space: Architecture, Art, Photography, Film
  • 8. Artistic and Multimedia Interventions
  • Conclusion: Globalization at Bay Filmography
  • Bibliography
  • Index.