Ideology and Utopia in China's New Wave Cinema

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Ideology and Utopia in China’s New Wave Cinema investigates the ways in which New Wave filmmakers represent China in this age of neoliberal reform. Analyzing this paradigm shift in independent cinema, this text explores the historicity of the cinematic form and its cultural-political visions. Through a close reading of the narrative strategy of key films in New Wave Cinema, Xiaoping Wang studies the movement’s impact on film, literature, culture and politics. Front Matter ....Pages i-viii Introduction: China’s “New Wave Cinema” in the Era of Globalization (Xiaoping Wang)....Pages 1-26 The Arrival of Chinese Post-socialism: Silence, Sound and Fury (Xiaoping Wang)....Pages 27-77 The Fate and Fantasy of China’s “New Poor” (Xiaoping Wang)....Pages 79-106 The Taste and Tragedy of China’s “Middle Class” (Xiaoping Wang)....Pages 107-137 Memoire of Socialism and the Chinese Enlightenment (Xiaoping Wang)....Pages 139-176 Elitism or Populism? The Problematic of Imagining the Other (Xiaoping Wang)....Pages 177-241 Conclusion: The Politics of Dignity and the Destiny of China’s New Wave Cinema (Xiaoping Wang)....Pages 243-257 Back Matter ....Pages 259-265