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Hollywood in China : behind the scenes of the world's largest movie market
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Hollywood in China : behind the scenes of the world's largest movie market / Ying Zhu.
ISBN
9781620972182
1620972182
9781620972199
Publication
New York : The New Press, [2022]
Physical Description
370 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Summary
"Blending cultural history, business, and international relations, Hollywood in China offers an inside look at the intense business and political maneuvering that is shaping the Chinese movie industry and the U.S.-China relationships itself-revealing a headlines-grabbing conflict that is playing out not only on the high seas, but on the silver screen"-- Provided by publisher.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 22, 2022
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-336) and index.
Contents
Introduction. From Paris Theater to Huaihai cinema : as the cinematic universe turns
Global expansion and local protection : American and Chinese film industries from inception through the early 1930s
Into the 1930s and 1940s : Hollywood's global expansion and Chinese cinema's local buildup
From Hollywood to Soviet model : building a socialist cinema
Internal reference films and the never vanishing Hollywood presence in China
Wolves at the doorstep : Hollywood reenters China
How lucrative is the Chinese market : politics intervened
What do the Chinese watch : popular Chinese films throughout the 2010s
Journey home or to the West : Chinese cinema's Hollywood dream and the Sino-Hollywood (de)coupling
The Sino-Hollywood "courtship" : film as cultural persuasion and box-office revenue.
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