Author : Yingjin Zhang
Publisher : U of M Center for Chinese Studies
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Book Synopsis Screening China by : Yingjin Zhang
Download or read book Screening China written by Yingjin Zhang and published by U of M Center for Chinese Studies. This book was released on 2002 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yingjin Zhang guides the reader through the development of Chinese film criticism, pointing out that Western critics have studied a comparatively small number of films from a much larger body of work, often with a unidirectional Eurocentric bias. The result has been that the few have influenced the many, perpetuating a cycle of production of films from China that bow to the Western notion of "Chineseness." As a corrective, the author introduces readers to a much larger canon of film and proposes a multidirectional model of film studies, one that allows for a Western reading of Chinese film yet also recognizes Chinese cinema's own voice. Yingjin Zhang is Professor of Chinese Literature and Film, Comparative Literature, and Cultural Studies at University of California, San Diego.