num_pages: 256
description: The first comprehensive history of film in China from the establishment of the People's Republic in 1949 to the mid-1980s when a "new wave" broke. Clark argues that Chinese cinema has not been primarily politically motivated, but the product of a dynamic relationship involving audiences.
language: English
title: Chinese Cinema: Culture and Politics since 1949
titlecomplete: Chinese Cinema: Culture and Politics since 1949 (Cambridge Studies in Film)
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Cambridge University Press