New Chinese cinemas: forms, identities, politics

New Chinese Cinemas analyzes the changing forms and significance of filmmaking in the People's Republic, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, emphasizing the way film commented on the profound social changes that occurred in East Asia in the 1980s. These original essays offer extended analyses of the importa...

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Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge u.a. Cambridge Univ. Press 1994
Edition:1. publ.
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Summary:New Chinese Cinemas analyzes the changing forms and significance of filmmaking in the People's Republic, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, emphasizing the way film commented on the profound social changes that occurred in East Asia in the 1980s. These original essays offer extended analyses of the important trends, themes, and styles that define contemporary Chinese filmmaking. They demonstrate that film is an important aesthetic form and social document in the interpretation of these ongoing changes.
Physical Description:XIII, 255 S. Ill.
ISBN:0521444098

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