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Ethnic minority children in post-socialist Chinese cinema : allegory, identity and geography

Title
Ethnic minority children in post-socialist Chinese cinema : allegory, identity and geography / Zhenhui Yan.
Author
Yan, Zhenhui
Publication
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2020.

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Description
viii, 147 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Summary
"This book examines the surprisingly large number of films about ethnic minority children in China, considering key questions such as Why are ethnic minority children becoming more intriguing to Chinese filmmakers? What are their roles in the films literally and allegorically? And how are they placed on screen geographically and why? It argues that ethnic minority children's appeal lies in their special relationship with childhood, ethnicity, nationalism and rurality; and that for dominant Han urban adults and elite ethnic minorities they serve as "the other" for these people's construction of themselves as self-conscious modern subjects during China's rapid social-political transformations. This book explores the diversity of ways in which both Han and ethnic minority filmmakers take up the special features of ethnic minority children to facilitate their expression of certain ideas or ideals, as well as the roles of these films in their directing careers"--
Series Statement
Media, culture and social change in Asia
Uniform Title
Media, culture, and social change in Asia series.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call Number
MFL 20-2543
ISBN
  • 9780367347871
  • 0367347873
  • 9780429327988 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2019053990
OCLC
1129398511
Author
Yan, Zhenhui, author.
Title
Ethnic minority children in post-socialist Chinese cinema : allegory, identity and geography / Zhenhui Yan.
Publisher
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2020.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Media, culture and social change in Asia
Media, culture, and social change in Asia series.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Form:
Online version: Yan, Zhenhui, Ethnic minority children in post-socialist Chinese cinema Abington, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2020. 9780429327988 (DLC) 2019053991
Research Call Number
MFL 20-2543
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