Amorous History of the Silver Screen Shanghai Cinema, 1896-1937

Name: Amorous History of the Silver Screen Shanghai Cinema, 1896-1937
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ISBN: 9780226982373

ISBN-10: 0226982378

ISBN-13: 9780226982373

Edition: 2005

Authors: Zhang Zhen

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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…

Book details

List price: $117.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 2/1/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 456
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 1.804
Language: English

Zhang Zhen is assistant professor of cinema studies at New York University.



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Vernacular Scene



Vernacular Modernism and Cinematic Embodiment



Worldly Shanghai, Metropolitan Spectators



Teahouse, Shadowplay, and Laborer's Love



Building a Film World: Distraction versus Education



Competing Moderns



Screenwriting, Trick Photography, and Melodramatic Retribution



The Anarchic Body Language of the Martial Arts Film



Fighting over the Modern Girl: Hard and Soft Films



Song at Midnight: Acoustic Horror and the Grotesque Face of History


Envoi


Abbreviations


Notes


Glossary


Filmography


Bibliography


Index