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Globalization and Contemporary Chinese Cinema : Zhang Yimou's Genre Films by Xuelin Zhou (auth.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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This Pivot Considers Key Transformations Within The Chinese Film Industry Since The Country Opened Its Doors To The Outside World In The Late 1970s, And Moved From An Ideologically-centred Censorship System To One Of Contestation And Cooperation Between Politics, Art And Market. Focusing On Zhang Yimou, Arguably One Of China's Most Innovative And Controversial Filmmakers And Directors, The Author Addresses The Challenges Faced By Contemporary Chinese Cinema In The Face Of Hollywood Dominance, Notably Making Genre Films In An Increasingly Globalized Context, And The Necessary Compromises Between The Local And Global, The National And The International. Through A Combination Of Textual Analysis And Context Study, It Examines Action-oriented Films Zhang Made As Responses To A Rapidly Changing Film Market And Industry. Modernity And Globalization -- Codename Cougar: Politics Or Entertainment? -- (young) Heroes In A “cursed” House -- Between National And International -- Staging China: The Art Of Yijing -- Conclusion. Xuelin Zhou. Includes Bibliographical References, Filmography (pages 123-128), And Index.

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Author

Xuelin Zhou (auth.)

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan Springer [distributor

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9789811043291

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Performing Arts, Anthropology, Literary Fiction