Chinese Cinema at the Millennium

Defining “China” and the Politics of Representation

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ID23737400
AuthorsGina Marchetti (0000-0002-1371-6556, corresponding author)
Year2012
Publication date2012-12-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781444361506.wbiems072
OpenAlexW1508733851
ISBN9781444361506
LanguageEN
References cited17

Chinese‐language cinema has been undergoing dramatic changes since 2000. Many of these changes parallel economic, political, social, and other cultural developments that have radically transformed the Chinese‐speaking world. As Chinese cinema develops out of this diverse population, transnational exchanges, diasporic alliances, and immigrant connections complicate any picture of a “national” or unitary Chinese cinema (Zhang, 2004). However, culture, language, ethnicity, and history link Chinese communities together, and the dynamics of a marketplace in which Chinese‐language films circulate make the study of Chinese cinema a fecund research topic. From popular commercial features to esoteric exercises in film art for cultured elites, Chinese cinema continues to make a mark on world film screens. In addition to looking at the current scholarship on contemporary Chinese‐language cinema, this essay explores the key themes, issues, and concerns found on Chinese screens at the millennium.

Art history · Asian studies · China · Ethnic group · Media studies · Movie theater · Political science · Scholarship · Sociology · Anthropology · Asian Culture and Media Studies · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · History · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law

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