Film And Television Culture In China
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Film And Television Culture In China
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Author : Zhifeng Hu
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Film And Television Culture In China written by Zhifeng Hu and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Chinese categories.
Film and Television Culture in China gives a provocative analysis of film and television culture in China. Hu Zhifeng first gives a panoramic picture of Chinese culture in which film and television was born and shaped. He then delineates the definition and composition and basic relations in film and television culture. He discovers and deliberates on the two traditions in Chinese film and television culture: the worldly spirit and the poetic style. The two traditions are deeply rooted in Chinese Confucianism and Taoism and have influenced Chinese film and television from the start. The author also provides in-depth and original readings of phenomena in Chinese film and television culture, such as the reform films and the reflection films, the character and mission of television documentary, and a dialogue between the mainland and Taiwan. Film and Television Culture in China provides an essential guide to understand the film and television culture in China from early screen to the present day. The book is structured in three independent yet complementary sections: Ontology, History, and Analysis, which shared a common theme: the exploration of the nationality and indigenization of Chinese film and television culture. In the ontology part, the author establishes a logic theoretical framework for culture as well as for film and television culture. The author puts forward three systems in the film and television culture: mass media system, artistic creation system and entertainment system. The author explores the relations among social history, film and television culture and audience. In the history part, the author carefully combs the development of film and culture in China and reexamines it in introspection. The author puts forward two traditions in film and television culture, which are "the worldly spirit" and "the poetic style." The two traditions inherit traditional Chinese culture and have constant modern presentation. In the analysis part, the author gives in-depth analysis of representative cultural phenomena in film and television industries, which can be seen as the perfect illustration of applying the theories of film and television culture into practice.
Tv China
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Author : Ying Zhu
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2009-01-28
Tv China written by Ying Zhu and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-28 with History categories.
If radio and film were the emblematic media of the Maoist era, television has rapidly established itself as the medium of the "marketized" China and in the diaspora. In less than two decades, television has become the dominant medium across the Chinese cultural world. TV China is the first anthology in English on this phenomenon. Covering the People's Republic, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the Chinese diaspora, these 12 original essays introduce and analyze the Chinese television industry, its programming, the policies shaping it, and its audiences.
Global Chinese Cinema
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Author : Gary D. Rawnsley
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2011-09-01
Global Chinese Cinema written by Gary D. Rawnsley and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-01 with Performing Arts categories.
The film Hero, directed by Zhang Yimou and released in 2002, is widely regarded as the first globally successful indigenous Chinese blockbuster. A big expensive film with multiple stars, spectacular scenery, and astonishing action sequences, it touched on key questions of Chinese culture, nation and politics, and was both a domestic sensation and an international hit. This book explores the reasons for the film’s popularity with its audiences, discussing the factors which so resonated with those who watched the film. It examines questions such as Chinese national unity, the search for cultural identity and role models from China’s illustrious pre-communist past, and the portrayal of political and aesthetic values, and attitudes to gender, sex, love, and violence which are relatively new to China. The book demonstrates how the film, and China’s growing film industry more generally, have in fact very strong international connections, with Western as well as Chinese financing, stars recruited from the East Asian region more widely, and extensive interactions between Hollywood and Asian artists and technicians. Overall, the book provides fascinating insights into recent developments in Chinese society, popular culture and cultural production.
Screening China S Soft Power
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Author : Paola Voci
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-10-02
Screening China S Soft Power written by Paola Voci and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-02 with Social Science categories.
Promoting China's cultural soft power by disseminating modern Chinese values is one of the policies of President Xi Jinping. Although, it is usually understood as a top-down initiative, implemented willingly or unwillingly by writers, filmmakers, artists, and so on, and often manifesting itself in clumsy and awkward ways, for example, the concept of "the Chinese dream," intended to rival and perhaps appeal more strongly than "the American dream," modern Chinese values are in fact put forward in many ways by many different cultural actors. Through analyses of film festivals, CCTV, Confucius Institutes, auteurs, blockbusters, reality TV, and online digital cultures, this book exposes the limitations of China's officially promoted soft power in both conception and practice, and proposes a pluralistic approach to understanding Chinese soft power in local, regional, and transnational contexts. As such, the book demonstrates the limitations of existing theories of soft power, and argues that the US-derived concept of soft power can benefit from being examined from a China perspective.
Little Friends
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Author : Stephanie Donald
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2005
Little Friends written by Stephanie Donald and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Social Science categories.
Contributing to the growing debates on children and media worldwide, Little Friends explores the pervasive presence of film culture in the lives of children in China. The book also introduces the work of the little-known Children's Film Studio and the Film Course, a reform-period attempt by Chinese filmmakers and policy leaders to control the media to which schoolchildren were exposed. Stephanie Donald uses expansive firsthand interviews, children's drawings, and film history to tell a compelling cinematic story before it is forgotten in the onrush of globalized culture. She is especially careful to bring in the interests and experiences of children themselves. The book follows the trajectory of contemporary media analysis in privileging the use as well as the content of media. The author's "turn" to the end-user enriches her discussion of media literacy, cultural competencies, and--perhaps especially in the Chinese case--consideration of the desired uses of media in relation to state priorities and social expectations. This is a trend that belongs to an era of digital experimentation and commercial development; in interactive television, streamed news and entertainment, and the multiple, unintended uses of Internet and mobile technologies. Notwithstanding the contemporary context, Donald's arguments consider a range of media deployment that, although not especially new in technological terms, offer new insights into a formalized Chinese media system for children. Scholars and students of Asian and children's film and education will find this unique work a fascinating window into Chinese culture and society and a provocative exploration of media culture.
Genre In Asian Film And Television
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Author : F. Chan
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2011-03-29
Genre In Asian Film And Television written by F. Chan and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-29 with Performing Arts categories.
Genre in Asian Film and Television takes a dynamic approach to the study of Asian screen media previously under-represented in academic writing. It combines historical overviews of developments within national contexts with detailed case studies on the use of generic conventions and genre hybridity in contemporary films and television programmes.
Playing To The World S Biggest Audience
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Author : Michael Curtin
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2007-08-02
Playing To The World S Biggest Audience written by Michael Curtin and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-08-02 with Performing Arts categories.
In this provocative analysis of screen industries in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore, Michael Curtin delineates the globalizing pressures and opportunities that since the 1980s have dramatically transformed the terrain of Chinese film and television, including the end of the cold war, the rise of the World Trade Organization, the escalation of democracy movements, and the emergence of an East Asian youth culture. Reaching beyond national frameworks, Curtin examines the prospect of a global Chinese audience that will include more viewers than in the United States and Europe combined. He draws on in-depth interviews with a diverse array of media executives plus a wealth of historical material to argue that this vast and increasingly wealthy market is likely to shake the very foundations of Hollywood’s century-long hegemony. Playing to the World’s Biggest Audience profiles the leading Chinese commercial studios and telecasters, and delves into the operations of Western conglomerates extending their reach into Asia. Advancing a dynamic and integrative theory of media capital, this innovative book explains the histories and strategies of screen enterprises that aim to become central players in the Global China market and offers an alternative perspective to recent debates about cultural globalization.
Youth Culture In Chinese Language Film
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Author : Xuelin Zhou
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-08-05
Youth Culture In Chinese Language Film written by Xuelin Zhou and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-05 with Social Science categories.
This book explores the vigorous film cultures of mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong from the perspective of youth culture. The book relates this important topic to the wider social, cultural, and institutional context, and discusses the relationship between the films and the changes that today are transforming each society. Among the areas explored are the differences between the three film industries, their creation of new types of screen hero and heroine, and their conflicts with traditional Chinese attitudes such as respect for age. The many films discussed provide fresh perspectives on the ways in which young people are coping with gender, sexuality, class, coming of age, the pressures of education, and major social shifts such as rural to urban migration. They show young adults in each society striving to construct new value systems for a complex, rapidly changing environment.
Tv In Greater China
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Author : Joseph Man Chan
language : en
Publisher: British Film Institute
Release Date : 2007-02-28
Tv In Greater China written by Joseph Man Chan and has been published by British Film Institute this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-02-28 with Performing Arts categories.
Aims to identify and examine how various factors interact to affect the development of TV within the Chinese social system, looking at three markets - China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. This book examines the financing, production and distribution processes in this specific market, and also includes a case study on China's ban on foreign satellite TV.
Mainstream Culture Refocused
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Author : Xueping Zhong
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2019-01-31
Mainstream Culture Refocused written by Xueping Zhong and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-31 with Art categories.
Serialized television drama (dianshiju), perhaps the most popular and influential cultural form in China over the past three decades, offers a wide and penetrating look at the tensions and contradictions of the post-revolutionary and pro-market period. Zhong Xueping’s timely new work draws attention to the multiple cultural and historical legacies that coexist and challenge each other within this dominant form of story telling. Although scholars tend to focus their attention on elite cultural trends and avant garde movements in literature and film, Zhong argues for recognizing the complexity of dianshiju’s melodramatic mode and its various subgenres, in effect "refocusing" mainstream Chinese culture. Mainstream Culture Refocused opens with an examination of television as a narrative motif in three contemporary Chinese art-house films. Zhong then turns her attention to dianshiju’s most important subgenres. "Emperor dramas" highlight the link between popular culture’s obsession with emperors and modern Chinese intellectuals’ preoccupation with issues of history and tradition and how they relate to modernity. In her exploration of the "anti-corruption" subgenre, Zhong considers three representative dramas, exploring their diverse plots and emphases. "Youth dramas’" rich array of representations reveal the numerous social, economic, cultural, and ideological issues surrounding the notion of youth and its changing meanings. The chapter on the "family-marriage" subgenre analyzes the ways in which women’s emotions are represented in relation to their desire for "happiness." Song lyrics from music composed for television dramas are considered as "popular poetics." Their sentiments range between nostalgia and uncertainty, mirroring the social contradictions of the reform era. The Epilogue returns to the relationship between intellectuals and the production of mainstream cultural meaning in the context of China’s post-revolutionary social, economic, and cultural transformation. Provocative and insightful, Mainstream Culture Refocused will appeal to scholars and students in studies of modern China generally and of contemporary Chinese media and popular culture specifically.
