Chinese Film (2023), by Jason McGrath
Chinese Cinema: Realism and Convention from the Silent Era to the Digital Age by Jason McGrath University of Minnesota Press 424 pages, 67 illustrations ISBN: 9781517914035 Publisher website: https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517914035/chinese-film/ Publisher’s description: A tour de force chronicling the development of realism in Chinese cinema The history of Chinese cinema is as long and complicated as the […]
Cinematic Guerrillas (2023), by Jie Li
Cinematic Guerrillas is a media history of Chinese film exhibition and reception that offers fresh insights into the powers and limits of propaganda.
Chinese Film Classics, 1922-1929 (2021), by Christopher Rea
An essential guide to the first golden age of Chinese cinema, offering detailed introductions to fourteen films.
The Chinese Cinema Book, 2nd ed. (2020), edited by Song Hwee Lim and Julian Ward
This revised and updated new edition provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of cinema in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, as well as to disaporic and transnational Chinese film-making, from the beginnings of cinema to the present day.
Animated Encounters (2019), by Daisy Yan Du
China’s role in the history of world animation has been trivialized or largely forgotten. In Animated Encounters Daisy Yan Du addresses this omission in her study of Chinese animation and its engagement with international forces during its formative period, the 1940s–1970s.
Early Film Culture in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Republican China (2018), edited by Emilie Yueh-yu Yeh
This volume features new work on cinema in early twentieth-century Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Republican China. Looking beyond relatively well-studied cities like Shanghai, these essays foreground cinema’s relationship with imperialism and colonialism and emphasize the rapid development of cinema as a sociocultural institution.
Chinese Movie Magazines (2018), by Paul Fonoroff
Showcasing an exotic, eclectic, and rare array of covers from more than five hundred movie publications from a glamorous bygone age, Chinese Movie Magazines sheds fresh light on China’s film industry during a transformative period of its history.
The Poetics of Chinese Cinema (2016), edited by Gary Bettinson and James Udden
This book examines the aesthetic qualities of particular Chinese-language films and the rich artistic traditions from which they spring.
Sounding the Modern Woman (2015), by Jean Ma
From the beginning of the sound cinema era, singing actresses captivated Chinese audiences. In Sounding the Modern Woman, Jean Ma shows how their rise to stardom attests to the changing roles of women in urban modernity and the complex symbiosis between the film and music industries.
Chinese Martial Arts Cinema, 2nd ed (2015), by Stephen Teo
Chinese Martial Arts Cinema: The Wuxia Tradition (2nd edition) Stephen Teo Edinburgh University Press 272 pages, 2015 ISBN: 9781474400084 Publisher website: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-chinese-martial-arts-cinema.html Publisher’s description: Traces the development of contemporary martial arts cinema in China This updated edition is a comprehensive, fully researched account of the historical and contemporary development of the traditional martial arts genre […]
