num_pages: 268
description: A pioneering study of the startlingly original films by Chinese filmmakers of the 1980s, such as Judou , Raise the Red Lantern , and Farewell My Concubine . These films bring into vivid relief changes in Chinese society over several decades, drawing on interviews with directors including Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, and Tian Zhuangzhuang.Paul Clark's Chinese Culture and Politics since 1949 was a groundbreaking book, and in Reinventing China , Clark continues his exploration of the changes in Chinese society and culture since the 1960s.
language: English
title: Reinventing China: A Generation and Its Films
titlecomplete: Reinventing China: A Generation and Its Films
genres: China
ratings_count: 4
publisher: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press