Chinese national cinema

Routledge

2004

xiv, 328 p.

National cinemas series

Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-322) and indexes.

9780415172905

Introduction: national cinema and China -- Cinema and national traditions, 1896-1929 -- Cinema and the nation-people, 1930-49 -- Cinematic reinvention of the national in Taiwan, 1896-1978 -- Cinematic revival of the regional in Hong Kong, 1945-78 -- Cinema and the nation-state in the PRC, 1949-78 -- Cinema and national/regional cultures, 1979-89 -- Cinema and the transnational imaginary, 1990-2002

This introduction to Chinese cinema covers the 'three Chinas': mainland China, Taiwan & Hong Kong. It traces the formation, negotiation & problematization of the issue of national identity on the screen over 90 years.

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