a century of exploration, confrontation, and controversy Pickowicz, Paul. creator text bibliography mdu Lanham Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. 2012 monographic eng

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x, 365 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Cs95E872D0{text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt}.cs5EFED22F{color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; }Leading scholar Paul G. Pickowicz traces the dynamic history of Chinese filmmaking and its stunning development decade-by-decade since the 1920s. During the last one hundred years, China has been embroiled in a seemingly unending series of wars, revolutions, and jarring social transformations. Despite daunting censorship obstacles, Chinese filmmakers have found ingenious ways of taking poli. Introduction: the sorrows and joys of Chinese filmmaking: political and personal contexts -- Shanghai twenties: early Chinese cinematic explorations of the modern marriage -- The theme of spiritual pollution in Chinese films of the 1930s -- Melodramatic representation and the "May fourth" tradition of Chinese filmmaking -- Never-ending controversies: the case of remorse in Shanghai and occupation-era Chinese filmmaking -- Victory as defeat: postwar visualizations of China's war of resistance -- Acting like revolutionaries: Shi Hui, The Wenhua Studio, and private-sector filmmaking, 1949-1952 -- Zheng Junli, complicity, and the cultural history of socialist China, 1949-1976 -- The limits of thaw: Chinese cinema in the early 1960s -- Popular cinema and political thought in early Post-Mao China: reflections on official pronouncements, film, and the film audience -- On the eve of Tiananmen: Huang Jianxin and the notion of postsocialism -- Velvet prison and the political economy of Chinese filmmaking in the late 1980s and early 1990s -- Social and political dynamics of underground filmmaking in early twenty-first century China. Paul G. Pickowicz. Includes bibliographical references and index. a-cc--- Motion picture industry China History 20th century Motion pictures Political aspects China History 20th century Motion pictures Social aspects China History 20th century China In motion pictures 20160300 Cine chino Homicidio político Shanghai (China) Películas cinematográficas Oficiales de inteligencia Shanghai (China) Películas cinematográficas Guerra chino-japonesa, 1937-1945 Películas cinematográficas China Peliculas cinematograficas PN 1993.5 P597c 2012 791.43095109 9781442211780 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781442211797 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781442211803 (electronic) 2011041693 DLC 111024 20230410130606.0 122231