The Early Transnational Chinese Cinema Industry

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-138-59237-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 156 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 408 g

Reihe: Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia

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 it.

Winner of the inaugural 2021 New Zealand Asia Society Book Award, second prize.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fu, Yongchun

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Introduction, Chapter 2 Technology and the Trans/National in China’s Transition to Sound, Chapter 3 Response in Distribution Systems: From ‘Parrot’ to ‘Butterfly’, Chapter 4 Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics: The Mode of Production in Chinese Cinema, Chapter 5 Movie Matchmakers: The Intermediaries between the American and the Chinese Film Industries, Chapter 6 Measuring the Outcome of China’s Response through Statistics, Chapter 7 Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Yongchun Fu is an Associate Professor in the School of Media and Design, Ningbo Institute of Technology, Zhejiang University, China.