Search engine for discovering works of Art, research articles, and books related to Art and Culture
Javascript must be enabled to continue!
Historical Dictionary of Chinese Cinema
View through CrossRef
Motion pictures were introduced to China in 1896, and today China is a major player in the global film industry. However, the story of how Chinese cinema became what it is today is exceptionally turbulent, encompassing incursions by foreign powers, warfare among contending rulers, the collapse of the Chinese empire, and the massive setback of the Cultural Revolution. This book coversthe cinematic history of mainland China spanning across over one hundred and twenty years since its inception.
Historical Dictionary of Chinese Cinema, Second Editioncontains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 200 cross-referenced entries on the major filmmakers, actors, and historical figures, representative cinematic productions, genre evolution, significant events and institutions, and market changes. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Chinese Cinema.
Title: Historical Dictionary of Chinese Cinema
Description:
Motion pictures were introduced to China in 1896, and today China is a major player in the global film industry.
However, the story of how Chinese cinema became what it is today is exceptionally turbulent, encompassing incursions by foreign powers, warfare among contending rulers, the collapse of the Chinese empire, and the massive setback of the Cultural Revolution.
This book coversthe cinematic history of mainland China spanning across over one hundred and twenty years since its inception.
Historical Dictionary of Chinese Cinema, Second Editioncontains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography.
The dictionary section has more than 200 cross-referenced entries on the major filmmakers, actors, and historical figures, representative cinematic productions, genre evolution, significant events and institutions, and market changes.
This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Chinese Cinema.
Related Results
Historical Dictionary of Chinese Cinema
Historical Dictionary of Chinese Cinema
Motion pictures were first introduced to China in 1896 and today China has become a major player in the film industry. However, the story of how Chinese cinema became what it is to...
Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema
Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema
Although relatively small, the northern countries of Scandinavia have made a disproportionately large contribution to world cinema. Indeed, some of their films are among the best k...
Historical Dictionary of German Cinema
Historical Dictionary of German Cinema
The History of German film is diverse and multi-faceted. This volume can only suggest the richness of a film tradition that includes five distinct German governments [Wilhelmine Ge...
Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Environment
Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Environment
The largest emitter of green-house gases since 2007 and top polluter of the increasingly stressed Pacific Ocean, the People’s Republic of China is both a major contributor to envir...
The Cinema of Manoel de Oliveira
The Cinema of Manoel de Oliveira
Manoel de Oliveira is the only filmmaker whose career spans from the silent era to the digital age, and yet there is little written in English about his extensive filmography. This...
Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema
Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema
As early as 1909, African Americans were utilizing the new medium of cinema to catalogue the world around them, using the film camera as a device to capture their lives and their h...
Historical Dictionary of Holocaust Cinema
Historical Dictionary of Holocaust Cinema
Some 80 years after the end of World War two and Nazi Germany’s attempt to annihilate European Jews and the Jewish culture, the story of the Holocaust continues to be told in novel...
Historical Dictionary of Chinese Culture
Historical Dictionary of Chinese Culture
"Covering wide-ranging topics from the arts and entertainment to customs and traditions from the ancient imperial and modern eras, Historical Dictionary of Chinese Culture provides...