Overview

Essays for teaching Chinese film, history, and society This volume brings a diverse range of voices—from anthropology, communication studies, ethnomusicology, film, history, literature, linguistics, sociology, theater, and urban geography—into the conversation about film from the People's Republic of China. Essays seek to answer what films can reveal or obscure about Chinese history and society and demonstrate how studying films from the PRC can introduce students to larger issues of historical consciousness and media representation. The volume addresses not only postsocialist fictional films but also a wide variety of other subjects including socialist period films, documentaries, films by or about people from ethnic minority groups, film music, the perspectives of female characters, martial arts cinema, and remakes of South Korean films. By exploring how films represent power, traditions, and ideologies, students learn about both the complexity of the PRC and the importance of cross-cultural and cross-ideological understanding. This volume contains discussion of Beijing Bicycle; The Big Shot; Cai Chusheng; Chasing the Carp; Jackie Chan; Children at a Village School; Cui Zien; Fan Lixin; Fish and Elephant; Five Golden Flowers; Hero; Ann Hui; Ip Man; Jiang Hu: Life on the Road; Jiang Nengjie; Last Train Home; Li Shuangshuang; Li Yu; Lou Ye; Meishi Street; New Women; 1911; Ou Ning; The Postmodern Life of My Aunt; Queer China, Comrade China; Red Detachment of Women; River Elegy; The Road Home; Shadow Magic; Shower; Soul Haunted by Painting; Su Xiaokang; Suzhou River; To Live; The Wandering Earth; Wang Bing; Wang Luxiang; Wang Xiaoshuai; West of the Tracks; The White-Haired Girl; Wolf Warrior 2; Wu Bai; Wu Jing; Wu Wenguang; Xia Jun; Xie Jin; Yellow Earth; Ying Yunwei; Wilson Yip; Yu Hua; Zhang Li; Zhang Yang; and Zhang Yimou.

Full Product Details

Author:   Zhuoyi Wang ,  Emily Wilcox ,  Hongmei Yu
Publisher:   Modern Language Association of America
Imprint:   Modern Language Association of America
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9781603296328

ISBN 10:   1603296328
Pages:   340
Publication Date:   31 May 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

Introduction, by Zhuoyi Wang, Emily Wilcox, and Hongmei Yu Part I: Pedagogical Methods A Rhizomatic Approach to Teaching China through Film, by Chenshu Zhou Navigating Diverse Viewing Positions in the Film Classroom, by Angie Chau Teaching Ideology through a Controversial Chinese Film: The Case of The Wandering Earth, by Zhuoyi Wang Part II: Reexamining Revolutionary Narratives Gender, Class, and Ethnicity in Li Shuangshuang, The White-Haired Girl, and Five Golden Flowers, by Emily Wilcox Cultural Revolution Films and Their Production History, by Angie C. Baecker Chinese History and the Cinematic Trio, by Ping Zhu Not Watching Jackie Chan: Historical Film and Marginal Women, by Marjorie Dryburgh Part III: Image and Reality of a Changing China Chinese Documentaries: A Series Approach, by Hongwei Thorn Chen and Aleksander Sedzielarz Teaching Contemporary China through Documentary, by Jasmine Yu-Hsing Chen, Sydney Pond, and Emma Clawson Teaching Asian Urbanization through Cinema, by Han Li and Shaolu Yu Part IV: Recontextualizing National Culture Yinpeixiang Films in the Theater Classroom, by Josh Stenberg A Reassessment of the Female Singing Voice in Yellow Earth, by Ho Chak Law Without a Sword: Zhang Yimou's Hero in the Context of the Wuxia Tradition, by Shirley O. Lua Part V: Intercultural and Comparative Approaches A Comparative Approach to Lou Ye's Suzhou River, by Lily Li From Hainan to Grant Avenue: Teaching Gender Construction as Integration Propaganda in Two Films about Chinese Women, by Vincent Casaregola Chinese Remakes of South Korean Films, by Elaine Chung Part VI: Film in Chinese Language Courses An Integrated Approach to Teaching Chinese Language and Culture through Film, by Jin Liu Developing Film-Based Teaching Materials for an Advanced Chinese Class, by Jingjing Cai and Su-I Chen Part VII: Multidisciplinary Approaches Teaching Chinese Independent Cinema through the Cultural-Diamond Framework, by Seio Nakajima Phenomenological Approaches to Teaching Chinese Film, by Corey Kai Nelson Schultz Visualizing Ethnic Minorities in Multicultural China, by Yanshuo Zhang Notes on Contributors

Reviews

Author Information

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions