General History of Chinese Film II: 1949-1976 Ding Yaping 9781032069562

i) It is the first book on the general history of Chinese film spanning from the end of the 19th century to the present day.
ii) It collects the most significant and latest studies both in China and abroad.
iii) It analyses the most important Chinese films and filmmakers and is backed by most solid historical materials and documents.
iv) It shows the functions of film in different historical phases of China and unveils the discourse mechanism and development patterns of Chinese films.
v) It revisits and reinterprets important events in the development of Chinese cinema and aims to display the complexity and modernity of Chinese film history.

Ding Yaping is the Director of the Film and Television Research Institute of the Chinese National Academy of Arts. He specializes in the history of Chinese film and has published more than 20 monographs.

Jin Haina is professor of translation, film, and communication studies at the Communication University of China. Her research interests include film translation, translation history, and film history.