Historical Dictionary of Chinese Cinema

Historical Dictionary of Chinese Cinema, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 200 cross-referenced entries on the major filmmakers, actors, and historical figures, representative cinematic productions, genre evolution, significant events and institutions.

About the author

Dan Luo is a Ph.D. candidate in comparative literature at University of South Carolina, with a focus on modern and contemporary Chinese literature and cinema. Her writing has appeared in Sino-American Journal of Comparative Literature, vol. 5 (2021).
Tan Ye is professor of Comparative Theater in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, the Director of the Confucius Institute, and Director of the Chinese Program at the University of South Carolina. He is the author of Common Dramatic Codes in Yuan and Elizabethan Theaters (1997), Theory and Practice of Screenwriting in China and America (co-editedwith Li Jin, 2008), and Historical Dictionary of Chinese Theater (2009).

Yun Zhu is a Ph.D. candidate in Comparative Literature at the University of South Carolina, with a focus on Chinese literature from the late Qing to the contemporary period and Chinee-language film.

Product details

• Authors: Dan Luo, Dan Ye Luo, Luo Dan, Tan Ye, Ye Tan, Yun Zhu, Zhu Yun
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.09.2024
• EAN: 9781538157299
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-5729-9
• No. of pages: 432
• Series: Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; REFERENCE / Dictionaries, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Dictionaries, Film history, theory & criticism, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism