China's encounter with global Hollywood : cultural policy and the film industry, 1994-2013 / Wendy Su.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Su, Wendy, author.

Series:

Asia in the new millennium

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture industry--China--History--21st century.

Motion picture industry.

Motion pictures--Political aspects--China--History and criticism.

Motion pictures.

Motion picture industry--United States--History--21st century.

Motion pictures--Political aspects.

History.

United States.

China.

Physical Description:

229 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, [2016]

Summary:

In this groundbreaking study, Wendy Su examines the intertwining relationships among the Chinese state, global Hollywood, and the Chinese film industry while analyzing the causes and consequences of the rapid growth of the nation's domestic film production. She demonstrates how the Chinese state has consolidated power by negotiating foreign interest in the lucrative Chinese market while advancing its own cultural industries. Su also reveals how mainland Chinese and Hong Kong filmmakers have navigated the often-incompatible requirements of marketization and state censorship. This timely analysis demonstrates how China has cannily used global capital to modernize its own film industry and stands poised to step clear of Hollywood's shadow. The country's debates-on-and offscreen-over cultural change, market-based economic reforms, and artistic freedom illuminate China's ongoing efforts to build a modern national identity. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

Cultural policy as negotiation of power: the Chinese state's role and strategies in its tug-of-war with global Hollywood

The debate about Hollywood

The film industry as negotiation of space

Artistic and critical cinema under a triple threat: marketization, Hollywoodization, and state censorship

Chinese martial arts cinema in the twenty-first century: hybridity and soft power

Conclusion: the Chinese state, Hollywood, and postsocialist modernity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813167060

081316706X

OCLC:

922632045