Building a New China in Cinema: The Chinese Left-Wing Cinema Movement, 1932-1937

by Laikwan Pang

Book Overview

Building a New China in Cinema introduces English readers for the first time to one of the most exciting left-wing cinema traditions in the world. This unique book explores the history, ideology, and aesthetics of China's left-wing cinema movement, a quixotic film culture that was as political as commercial, as militant as sensationalist. Drawing on detailed archival research, Pang demonstrates that this cinema movement was a product of the era's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074250946X
• ISBN13: 9780742509467
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Rlpg/Galleys
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"