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Documentary, World History, and National Power in the PRC : Global Rise in Chinese Eyes.
Documentaries have recently become a favourite format for Chinese state-directed media to present an officially sanctioned view of history. Indeed, this is not confined to Chinese national history. In stark contrast to the earlier self-centred preoccupation with Chinese history, there has been an up...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2013.
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| Colección: | Chinese worlds.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Issues and contexts; 'Global rise', national power, and 'world history': motivations and lessons; Television, the history market, and documentary in present-day China; Notes; 2 Foreign models for the public: the TV documentary Daguo jueqi (The Rise of the Great Powers); From 'study session' to TV: the 'Great Powers' hype; Portrayal of the 'successful' countries in 'world history'; Assessments and implications; Notes; 3 China's potential on display: the sequel documentary Fuxing zhi lu (The Road to Revival).
- TV, national politics, and the standardisation of historyThe historical portrayal of modern China; 'Screening' China's 'revival'; Notes; 4 Soviet failure lessons for insiders: the party-educational documentary Ju an si wei (Alert to Danger while Dwelling in Safety); Documenting failure; Historical portrayal of the Soviet Union; Learning from others' disasters: research, communist anxieties, and cadre education; Notes; 5 Framing visions of China and the world: the state, documentary, and history in comparative perspective; History on screen: Chinese uses and global challenges.
- Memory culture, functions of history in society, and the power of imagesFraming by format: the documentary genre; Historical documentaries and their discursive strategies; National Self and Others' history in a 'globally rising' China; In lieu of conclusion: the 'added value' of studying historical documentaries in China; Notes; Bibliography; Index.