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Moving figures : class and feeling in the films of Jia Zhangke /

This book focuses on how the Reform Era' has been constructed in the work of the director Jia Zhangke, analysing the archetypal class figures of worker, peasant, soldier, intellectual and entrepreneur that are found in his films.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Schultz, Corey Kai Nelson (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]
Series:Edinburgh studies in East Asian film.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Worker Class: From Leader to the Margins; Chapter 2 The Peasant and the Mingong: From Empathy to Sympathy to Looking Back; Chapter 3 The Soldier: From Degraded Reproduction to Avenging Hero; Chapter 4 The Intellectual: Power and the Voice; Chapter 5 The Entrepreneur: From Crook to "New Reform Model"; Notes; Filmography; Works Cited; Index.