Includes bibliographical references, filmography (page 259), and index.
Contents:
Introduction: China's "New Wave cinema" in the era of globalization -- The arrival of Chinese post-socialism: silence, sound and fury -- The fate and fantasy of China's "new poor" -- The taste and tragedy of China's "middle class" -- Memoire of socialism and the Chinese enlightenment -- Elitism or populism? The problematic of imagining the other -- Conclusion: the politics of dignity and the destiny of China's New Wave cinema.
Summary:
"Ideology and Utopia in China's New Wave Cinema investigates the ways in which New Wave filmmakers represent China in this age of neoliberal reform. Analyzing this paradigm shift in independent cinema, this text explores the historicity of the cinematic form and its cultural-political visions. Through a close reading of the narrative strategy of key films in New Wave Cinema, Xiaoping Wang studies the movement's impact on film, literature, culture and politics"--Back cover.
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