Metro movies : cinematic urbanism in post-Mao China /

Metro Movies: Cinematic Urbanism in Post-Mao China takes readers on a comprehensive tour of the urbanization of Chinese cinema. Focusing primarily on movies from the end of the twentieth century, it is the first single-authored work to explore the relationship between the changes in Chinese society-...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kuoshu, Harry H., 1955-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2011
Carbondale : c2011
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • X-roads : old and new city films
  • Dislocation : Huang Jianxin's urban searching for roots
  • No one cheers : the later fifth generation and the urban "situation movie"
  • Beijing bastards : century's end rock scenes and China's Generation X
  • Captives of love : emotional styles and the new urbanites
  • Lunar eclipse : elusive urban realities
  • City paradise : urbanization looms over an old land
  • Conclusion