Confronting Modernity in the Cinemas of Taiwan and Mainland China [Paperback]

Tonglin Lu (Author)

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Paperback: 260 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (July 2 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0521037271
ISBN-13: 978-0521037273
Product Dimensions: 1.5 x 2.3 x 0.2 cm
Shipping Weight: 399 g

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"Lu's book will help scholars understand major themes in China's "fifth generation" directors, who grew up during the Cultural Revolution, and those directors of Taiwan known as "new cinema" filmmakers." CHOICE

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Despite differences in the political, social, and economic systems of Taiwan and mainland China, the process of modernization in both has challenged traditional cultural norms. Tonglin Lu examines how differences in cultural formation between Taiwan and China have influenced reactions to modernity and how cultural identity has taken different forms on both sides of the Taiwan straits. She illustrates how these differences in the experience of modernity are expressed through analysis of paradigmatic films produced in both countries, with a particular emphasis on their formal experiments.

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If you insist that my films have a critical edge, I prefer to perceive them as cultural critique, critique of Chinese culture. Read the first page

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