Description
Chow situates contemporary Chinese film within the broad context of Chinese history and culture, giving readers a glimpse of the unique shared identity that characterizes the current crop of outstanding filmmakers, such as Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou.
Chow situates contemporary Chinese film within the broad context of Chinese history and culture, giving readers a glimpse of the unique shared identity that characterizes the current crop of outstanding filmmakers, such as Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou.
About the Author
Rey Chow is the author, most recently, of Ethics After Idealism: Theory-Culture-Ethnicity-Reading.
Reviews
A rich and powerful work that provides both a dazzling synthesis of contemporary cultural theory and at the same time an exemplary critique of Chinese cinema. It is a book to be read and re-read and is thus highly recommended because it is more than a film book. It engages directly with the problems Chinese culture faces in a changing world. China Information
Book Information
ISBN 9780231076838
Author Rey Chow
Format Paperback
Page Count 252
Imprint Columbia University Press
Publisher Columbia University Press
Chow situates contemporary Chinese film within the broad context of Chinese history and culture, giving readers a glimpse of the unique shared identity that characterizes the current crop of outstanding filmmakers, such as Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou.
About the Author
Rey Chow is the author, most recently, of Ethics After Idealism: Theory-Culture-Ethnicity-Reading.
Reviews
A rich and powerful work that provides both a dazzling synthesis of contemporary cultural theory and at the same time an exemplary critique of Chinese cinema. It is a book to be read and re-read and is thus highly recommended because it is more than a film book. It engages directly with the problems Chinese culture faces in a changing world. China Information
Book Information
ISBN 9780231076838
Author Rey Chow
Format Paperback
Page Count 252
Imprint Columbia University Press
Publisher Columbia University Press
