Amorous History of the Silver Screen - Shanghai Cinema, 1896-1937

Informationen zum Autor Zhang Zhen is assistant professor of cinema studies at New York University. Klappentext Long discouraged by the political establishment of China as a topic of academic inquiry! Zhang Zhen provides first sustained historical study of the emergence of cinema in China. Zusammenfassung Illustrates the cultural significance of film and its power as a vehicle for social change. This book reveals the intricacies of the cultural movement and explores its connections to other art forms such as photography! drama! and literature. It looks at the cultural history of Chinese through the lens of this seminal moment in Shanghai cinema.

Product details

• Authors: Zhen Zhang, Zhang Zhen, Zhen Zhang
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2006
• EAN: 9780226982380
• ISBN: 978-0-226-98238-0
• No. of pages: 456
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Cinema and Modernity (Paperbac; Cinema and Modernity; Cinema and Modernity (CHUP)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Films, cinema, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General