China on video : smaller-screen realities / Paola Voci.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Voci, Paola, author.

Series:

Asia's transformations.

Asia's transformations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Experimental films--China--History and criticism.

Experimental films.

Documentary films--China--History and criticism.

Documentary films.

Motion pictures--Social aspects--China.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (286 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

China On Video is the first in-depth study that examines smaller-screen realities and the important role they play not only in the fast-changing Chinese mediascape, but also more broadly in the practice of experimental and non-mainstream cinema. At the crossroads of several disciplines-film, media, new media, media anthropology, visual arts, contemporary China area studies, and cultural studies--this book reveals the existence of a creative, humorous, but also socially and politically critical ""China on video"", which locates itself outside of the intellectual discourse surroundin

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Note on transliteration; 1 Smaller-screen realities; 2 Building bridges: From silver screens to smaller-screen realities; 3 Animations; 4 Portable movies: Cellflix; 5 Egao movies: Wicked fun, participatory culture, and enlightenment; 6 Light political documentaries; 7 Lightened (up) subaltern smaller screens; 8 Smaller screens: Film spaces and theories; 9 An afterword on lightness: Quasi-conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Selected movies; Selected websites; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-96001-5

1-136-96002-3

1-282-62925-5

9786612629259

0-203-85010-6

9780203850107

OCLC:

642661692