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An Amorous History of the Silver Screen - Shanghai Cinema, 1896-1937 (Paperback, New edition)
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An Amorous History of the Silver Screen - Shanghai Cinema, 1896-1937 (Paperback, New edition)
Series: Cinema and Modernity
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Shanghai in the early twentieth century was alive with art and
culture. With the proliferation of popular genres such as the
martial arts film, the contest among various modernist filmmakers,
and the advent of sound, Chinese cinema was transforming urban
life. But with the Japanese invasion in 1937, all of this came to a
screeching halt. Until recently, the political establishment has
discouraged comprehensive studies of the cultural phenomenon of
early Chinese film, and this momentous chapter in China's history
has remained largely unexamined.
The first sustained historical study of the emergence of cinema in
China, "An Amorous History of the Silver Screen" is a fascinating
narrative that illustrates the immense cultural significance of
film and its power as a vehicle for social change. Named after a
major feature film on the making of Chinese cinema, only part of
which survives, "An Amorous History of the Silver Screen" reveals
the intricacies of this cultural movement and explores its
connections to other art forms such as photography, architecture,
drama, and literature. In light of original archival research,
Zhang Zhen examines previously unstudied films and expands the
important discussion of how they modeled modern social structures
and gender roles in early twentieth-century China.
The first volume in the new and groundbreaking series Cinema and
Modernity," An Amorous History of the Silver Screen" is an
innovative--and well illustrated--look at the cultural history of
Chinese modernity through the lens of this seminal moment in
Shanghai cinema.
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