Description
The political economy and culture of Chinese cinema during the era of China's prolonged economic reform has not until now been examined in detail. Ying Zhu's new and comprehensive study examines the institutional as well as the stylistic transitions of Chinese cinema from pedagogy to art to commerce, focusing on the key film reform measures as well as the metamorphosis of Chinese Fifth Generation films from art film narration-as in Chen Kaige's 1984 Yellow Earth-to post-New-Wave classical film narration-as in the same director's 1993 Farewell, My Concubine. Zhu's work reconciles the stylistic, cultural, and economic dimensions of the nation's cinematic output, also providing the first systematic institutional analysis of an industry in a state of constant flux.
Offers an insider's account of the rise and fall of Chinese cinema's art and entertainment industry, including its transition to commercialization.
About the Author
YING ZHU is Assistant Professor of Media Culture at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York.
Book Information
ISBN 9780275979591
Author Ying Zhu
Format Hardback
Page Count 248
Imprint Praeger Publishers Inc
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
