Postsocialist Cinema in Post-Mao China

The Cultural Revolution after the Cultural Revolution
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-415-99893-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 266 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 390 g

Reihe: East Asia: History, Politics, Sociology and Culture

This book argues that the fundamental shift in Chinese Cinema away from Socialism and towards Post-Socialism can be located earlier than the emergence of the "Fifth Generation" in the mid-eighties when it is usually assumed to have occured. By close analysis of films from the 1949-1976 Maoist era in comparison with 1976-81 films representing the Cultural Revolution, it demonstrates that the latter already breaks away from Socialism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Berry, Chris

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Marxismus, Kommunismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmtheorie, Filmanalyse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Toward a Postsocialist Cinema? Review of Literature Changing China Cinema and Society Film and History 2. Writing on Blank Paper: The Classical Cinema before 1976 as a Didactic Paradigm Industry and Social Institution Sample Texts Characters Narrative Spectator Positioning and Mise-en-Scene A. Relays B. Mirroring C. Heightened Engagement D. Epistemological Mastery 3. Entering Forbidden Zones and Exposing Wounds: Rewriting Socialist History The Initial Response: Continuity and Containment A. State and Party Politics B. Policy and Critcism in Literature and the Arts C. Film Production Deng Xiaoping's Power Struggle: Extending the Critique A. State and Party Politics B. Policy and Critcism in Literature and the Arts C. Film Production Deng Consolidates Power: Beyond the Cultural Revolution A. State and Party Politics B. Policy and Critcism in Literature and the Arts C. Film Production 4. Postsocialism and the Decline of the Hero Complexity Class Background and Party Affiliation Reversal or Transformation of Roles? 5. A Family Affiar: Separation and Subjectivity The Incidence of Romantic Love Literary Comparisons Romantic Love, the Family, and the Party Memory, Subjectivity and Community The Peer Group and Chinese Counterculture 6. Ending it All: Bitter Love ? The Importance of Endings Socialist Tragedies and Obligatory Happy Endings Let the Audience Decide Filmography Bibliography Appendices

Über Autor(innen)

Chris Berry