Ideology and Utopia in China's New Wave Cinema, 1st ed. 2018 Globalization and Its Chinese Discontents Chinese Literature and Culture in the World Series
Auteur : Wang Xiaoping
Ideology and Utopia in China?s New Wave Cinema investigates the ways in which New Wave filmmakers represent China in this age of neoliberal reform. Analyzing this paradigm shift in independent cinema, this text explores the historicity of the cinematic form and its cultural-political visions. Through a close reading of the narrative strategy of key films in New Wave Cinema, Xiaoping Wang studies the movement?s impact on film, literature, culture and politics.
1. China’s “New Wave Cinema” in the Era of Globalization.- 2. The Arrival of Post-Socialism: Silence, Sound and Fury.- 3. The Fate and Fantasy of China’s “New Poor”.- 4. The Taste and Tragedy of China’s “Middle Class”.- 5. Memoire of Socialism and the Chinese Enlightenment.- 6. Elitism of Populism? The Problematic of Imagining the Other.- 7. The Politics of Dignity and the Destiny of China’s New Wave Cinema.
XiaopingWang is Chair Professor of Chinese Studies at Huaqiao University, China. He has published more than 100 research articles on modern and contemporary Chinese literature, culture and critical theory.
Date de parution : 12-2018
Ouvrage de 265 p.
14.8x21 cm
Date de parution : 07-2018
Ouvrage de 265 p.
14.8x21 cm
Thèmes d’Ideology and Utopia in China's New Wave Cinema :
Mots-clés :
China's new cinema; sixth generation filmmakers; Chinese postsocialist culture; xianchan aesthetic; new poor China; new middle class China; globalism China; contemporary Chinese culture; independent film industry China; new wave cinema China; utopian China; neoliberal ideology China; Marxist; Marxism; Chinese cultural politics; Chinese class system