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This volume aims both to establish cinema as a vital force in Shanghai culture and to direct attention to early Chinese cinema, a crucial chapter in Chinese cultural history long neglected by Western scholars. The editor s introduction surveys the history and historiography of Chinese cinema through the 1940 s and identifies subjects and sources that await further research. In Part I, Screening Romance, Zhen Zhang discusses how the influence of teahouse culture gradually yielded to cinematic and narrative concerns in the early 1920 s. Kristine Harris s analysis of a costume drama reveals the director s cultural heritage and a rich psychological subtext created by new film techniques. Leo Ou-fan Lee examines the ways various urban institutions were utilized to promote a certain type of film culture in Shanghai.

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Author:   Yingjin Zhang
Publisher:   Stanford University Press
Imprint:   Stanford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.526kg
ISBN:  

9780804735728

ISBN 10:   0804735727
Pages:   392
Publication Date:   01 September 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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This landmark volume on early Chinese cinema is testament to the burgeoning of high-quality American-based research on Chinese cinema in general ...A substantial contribution to scholarship both on Chinese cinema and Republican China ...The achievements of the essays are threefold. They produce new empirical knowledge about areas hitherto neglected. They correct existing misapprehensions. And they open up important debates for further consideration. --Journal of Asian History

This landmark volume on early Chinese cinema is testament to the burgeoning of high-quality American-based research on Chinese cinema in general . . . .A substantial contribution to scholarship both on Chinese cinema and Republican China . . . .The achievements of the essays are threefold. They produce new empirical knowledge about areas hitherto neglected. They correct existing misapprehensions. And they open up important debates for further consideration. -- Journal of Asian History

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