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Independent Chinese Documentary: Alternative Visions, Alternative Publics (Edinburgh Studies in East Asian Film EUP)
Dan Edwards
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Description for Independent Chinese Documentary: Alternative Visions, Alternative Publics (Edinburgh Studies in East Asian Film EUP)
Hardcover. Analyses how independent documentaries are forging a new public sphere in today's China. This book offers a detailed account of one of the world's active and challenging contemporary documentary sectors. It draws extensively on first hand interviews with filmmakers. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
This book analyses how independent documentaries are forging a new public sphere in today's China. Since the turn of the twenty first century there has been an explosion in Chinese independent documentary filmmaking. But how are we to understand this vibrant burst of activity? Are these films brave expressions of dissidence, or are they part of a broader, more complex push to expand the terms of public discourse in the People's Republic? Considering the relationship between independent documentaries and China's official film and television sectors, this timely study explores the ways in which independent films probe, question and challenge the ... Read more
This book analyses how independent documentaries are forging a new public sphere in today's China. Since the turn of the twenty first century there has been an explosion in Chinese independent documentary filmmaking. But how are we to understand this vibrant burst of activity? Are these films brave expressions of dissidence, or are they part of a broader, more complex push to expand the terms of public discourse in the People's Republic? Considering the relationship between independent documentaries and China's official film and television sectors, this timely study explores the ways in which independent films probe, question and challenge the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748695621
SKU
V9780748695621
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About Dan Edwards
Dan Edwards teaches film at the University of Melbourne and Monash University.
Reviews for Independent Chinese Documentary: Alternative Visions, Alternative Publics (Edinburgh Studies in East Asian Film EUP)
Edwards' volume functions in various ways as an update on the rapidly changing independent documentary scene in China...One of the most outstanding features of Edwards' book is that he consistently deploys first-class journalistic methodologies by conducting revealing, in-depth interviews with the filmmakers themselves...and inspiring book.
Paul G. Pickowicz, JOURNAL OF CHINESE CINEMAS
Paul G. Pickowicz, JOURNAL OF CHINESE CINEMAS