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Screening post-1989 China : critical analysis of Chinese film and television
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Screening post-1989 China : critical analysis of Chinese film and television / Wing Shan Ho.
ISBN
9781137517609 (hardcover)
1137517603 (hardcover)
Edition
First edition.
Publication
New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Physical Description
227 pages ; 23 cm
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 11, 2015
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-217) and index.
Contents
Introduction: how far can we go in controlling and negotiating cultural production and consumption
Part 1. Screening the economic subject in films
Selfless party officials and the socialist legacy
Insulting portrayals of the era: selling one's son, murder, and human trafficking
Part 2. Screening the sexual subject on the television
Golden marriage: an exemplary marriage and a harmonious society
Narrow dwelling: extra-marital sex and the city
Part 3. Screening the political subject in films
Selling party patriotism to intellectuals in the Chinese blockbuster hero
(Dis)associating political dissent and non-heteronormative sexual desire
Conclusion: how far have we gone.
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