Chinese Animated Film and Ideology, 1940s-1970s - Fighting Puppets

This book examines animated propaganda produced in mainland China in the 1940s to 1970s. The analyses of four puppet films demonstrate how animation and Maoist doctrine became tightly but dynamically entangled.

List of contents

Acknowledgments. INTRODUCTION. Part I Echoes of the National Salvation Movement, 1940s-1950s. Chapter 1.1 Denouncing Chiang Kai-shek: The Emperor's Dream by Chen Bo'er. Chapter 1.2 Unity in Resistance: Wanderings of Sanmao by Zhang Chaoqun. Part II Calls of the Continuous Revolution, 1960s-1970s: Films of You Lei. Chapter 2.1 "To Live is to Serve the People": Rooster Crows at Midnight. Chapter 2.2 "Bombard the Headquarters": The Little 8th Route Army. FINAL NOTES. GLOSSARY. INDEX.

About the author

Olga Bobrowska is a scholar active in the fields of animation studies, film studies and cultural theory, as well as a film culture activist and curator.

Summary

This book examines animated propaganda produced in mainland China in the 1940s to 1970s. The analyses of four puppet films demonstrate how animation and Maoist doctrine became tightly but dynamically entangled.

Product details

• Authors: Olga Bobrowska
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032148939
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3214893-9
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Focus Animation
• Subjects: Guides; Humanities, art, music > Art; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT; Digital Video: Professional, Digital Animation, COMPUTERS / Design, Graphics & Media / Video & Animation