Revolutionary cycles in Chinese cinema, 1951–1979 [electronic resource] /
Wang, Z.author.
A comprehensive history of how the conflicts and balances of power in the Maoist revolutionary campaigns from 1951 to 1979 complicated and diversified the meanings of films, this book offers a discursive study of the development of early PRC cinema.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Understanding Revolutionary Culture and Cinema; 1 From The Life of Wu Xun to the Career of Song Jingshi: Adapting Private Studio Filmmaking Legacy for a Nationalized Cinema, 1951-1957; 2 From Revolutionary Canon to Bourgeois White Flag: Blooming Flowers and the Full Moon (1958) in the Maoist Campaigns; 3 From "a Hundred Flowers" to "a Poisonous Weed": Dangerous Opportunities for Satirical Comedies, 1955-1958
4 From Revolutionary Romanticism to Petty Bourgeois Fanaticism: The Great Leap Forward and Filmmakers' Stylistic Return to the Past, 1958-19605 From Disaster to Laughter: Making Comedies in a Changing Political Landscape, 1959-1963; 6 From Conflicting Authorities to Diverse Masses: Early Spring in February (1964) as "Sugarcoated Poison"; Conclusion: From the Ebb of the Revolution to the End of Revolutionary Cinema, 1967-1979; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A comprehensive history of how the conflicts and balances of power in the Maoist revolutionary campaigns from 1951 to 1979 complicated and diversified the meanings of films, this book offers a discursive study of the development of early PRC cinema.
Motion pictures—History.
Asia—History.
Civilization—History.
Communication.
Motion pictures and television.
Arts.
Film History.
Asian History.
Cultural History.
Media Studies.
Screen Studies.
Arts.