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Filming the Everyday - Independent Documentaries in Twenty-First-Century China (Hardcover)
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Filming the Everyday - Independent Documentaries in Twenty-First-Century China (Hardcover)
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This cutting-edge book examines the rapidly developing scene of
Chinese independent documentary, arguably the most courageous
player in contemporary Chinese visual culture. The authors explore
two areas that are of special interest to China studies and film
studies, respectively: (1) filming the everyday in
twenty-first-century China to foreground contestation and diversity
and (2) exploring the aesthetic of remembering in an embodied
documentary practice, which turns the gaze on artists themselves
and encourages the viewer's engagement with the filmed subjects and
environment. Highlighting documentary contestation in China, the
book traces its cacophony of expressions, some of it featuring
confrontations with domineering elites, some of it highlighting
negotiations among the independent filmmakers themselves. Their
goal is not a "movement" that seeks to establish and impose a
single truth, but rather a creative dynamic that fosters a
community of tolerance and respects diverse forms of expression.
Independent documentary is quite literally a moving target that is
witnessing ongoing and widening diversity and complexity when it
comes to directors, themes, aesthetics, human subjects, audiences,
and impact. The authors stress the enormous potential of cultural
production that features non-elites (including amateurs) and that
dwells on the everyday, the bottom up, the grassroots, the
seemingly mundane, and the apparently marginal. The book's emphasis
on contemporary issues and its discussion of aesthetic experiments
will appeal to all readers interested in China's culture, media,
politics, and society.
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