Shanghai filmmaking : crossing borders, connecting to the globe, 1922-1938 / Huang Xuelei.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Xuelei, Huang, author.

Series:

China studies (Leiden, Netherlands) ; Volume 29.

China Studies, 1570-1344 ; Volume 29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture studios--China--Shanghai--History.

Motion picture studios.

Mingxing Motion Picture Company--History.

Mingxing Motion Picture Company.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (397 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Shanghai Filmmaking , Huang Xuelei invites readers to go on an intimate, detailed, behind-the-scenes tour of the world of early Chinese cinema. She paints a nuanced picture of the Mingxing Motion Picture Company, the leading Chinese film studio in the 1920's and 1930's, and argues that Shanghai filmmaking involved a series of border-crossing practices. Shanghai filmmaking developed in a matrix of global cultural production and distribution, and interacted closely with print culture and theatre. People from allegedly antagonistic political groupings worked closely with each other to bring a new form of visual culture and a new body of knowledge to an audience in and outside China. By exploring various border crossings, this book sheds new light on the power of popular cultural production during China’s modern transformation.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction: Shanghai Filmmaking: Border-crossing Practices

1 The Business

2 Players of the 1920's: Interconnecting, Mediating

3 Players of the 1930's: Contestation? Collaboration?

4 The Medium: Inside Glocal Mediascapes

5 The Narrative (I): Melodrama as a Social Form

6 The Narrative (II): Melodramas Fit for All

7 The Meaning: Toward a Sentimental Education

Epilogue: Toward a Glocal Viewing Public

Appendix 1: Filmography

Appendix 2: Mingxing Personnel

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-27934-2

OCLC:

890982336