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Working the System : Motion Picture, Filmmakers, and Subjectivities in Mao-Era China, 1949-1966

In Working the System: Motion Picture, Filmmakers, and Subjectivities in Mao-Era China, 1949-1966, Qiliang He inquired into the making of the new citizenry in Mao-era China (1949-1976) by studying five preeminent Shanghai-based filmmakers. These case studies shed light on how individuals' subje...

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Main Author: He, Qiliang
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: HK : Hong Kong University Press, 2023.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In Working the System: Motion Picture, Filmmakers, and Subjectivities in Mao-Era China, 1949-1966, Qiliang He inquired into the making of the new citizenry in Mao-era China (1949-1976) by studying five preeminent Shanghai-based filmmakers. These case studies shed light on how individuals' subjectivities took shape in the cinematic arena under a new sociopolitical system after 1949. He suggests that a filmmaker's subjectivity was not fixed or stable but constan.
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (180 pages).
ISBN:9789888805211