Chinese National Cinema

<p>This introduction to Chinese national cinema covers three 'Chinas': mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Historical and comparative perspectives bring out the parallel developments in these three Chinas, while critical analysis explores thematic and stylistic changes over time.</p><p>As well as exploring artistic achievements and ideological debates, Yingjin Zhang examines how - despite the pressures placed on the industry from state control and rigid censorship - Chinese national cinema remains incapable of projecting a single unified picture, but rather portrays many different Chinas.</p> <p>1. Introduction: National Cinema and China 2. Cinema and National Traditions, 1905-29 3. Cinema and the Nation-People, 1930-49 4. Cinematic Reinvention of the National, 1945,78 5. Cinematic Revival of the Regional, 1945-78 6. Cinema and the Nation-State, 1949-78 7. Cinema and National/Regional Cultures, 1979-89 8. Cinema and the Transnational Imaginary, 1990-2002</p>