Transnational Chinese Cinemas
Транснациональные китайские кинематографии
2017-12-31
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Zhang Yimou's first film, Red Sorghum, took the Golden Bear Award in 1988 at the Berlin International Film Festival. Since then Chinese films have continued to arrest worldwide attention and capture major film awards, winning an international following that continues to grow. Transnational Chinese Cinemas spans nearly the entire length of twentieth-century Chinese film history. The volume traces the evolution of Chinese national cinema, and demonstrates that gender identity has been central to its formation. Femininity, masculinity and sexuality have been an integral part of the filmic discourses of modernity, nationhood, and history. This volume represents the most comprehensive, wide-ranging, and up-to-date study of China's major cinematic traditions. It is an indispensable source book for modern Chinese and Asian history, politics, literature, and culture
Key Findings
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Chinese films have gained sustained international attention and major film awards since at least 1988, exemplified by Red Sorghum's Golden Bear.
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Filmic representations of gender are integral to discussions of modernity, nationhood, and history in Chinese cinema.
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Gender identity (femininity, masculinity, and sexuality) is central to the formation of Chinese national cinema and its filmic discourses.
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The book spans nearly the entire twentieth-century history of Chinese cinema, tracing the evolution of Chinese national cinema.
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The volume synthesizes and updates major cinematic traditions of China, serving as a comprehensive resource for modern Chinese and Asian studies.
Research Object
Twentieth-century Chinese cinema (transnational Chinese cinemas and major cinematic traditions)
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The evolution and formation of national cinema with a focus on how gender identity (femininity, masculinity, sexuality) has shaped filmic discourses of modernity, nationhood, and history
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