Chinese Film : Realism and Convention from the Silent Era to the Digital Age /

"In Chinese Film, Jason McGrath traces the varied claims to cinematic realism made by Chinese filmmakers, critics, and scholars. He presents realism as an aesthetic form that negotiates between cultural conventions and the ever-evolving real, envisioning it as more than just a cinematic questio...

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Main Author: McGrath, Jason, 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2022]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Summary:"In Chinese Film, Jason McGrath traces the varied claims to cinematic realism made by Chinese filmmakers, critics, and scholars. He presents realism as an aesthetic form that negotiates between cultural conventions and the ever-evolving real, envisioning it as more than just a cinematic question and showing how the struggle for realism is central to the Chinese struggle for modernity itself."--
Physical Description:1 online resource (424 pages).
ISBN:9781452968599
Access:Open Access