China in the Age of Global Capitalism: Jia Zhangke's Filmic World

ISBN-13: 9780367367794 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 210 str.

Xiaoping Wang

Opis

This book is a comprehensive exploration of the content, forms, merits, and faults of Jia Zhangke’s films. It analyzes ten of his featured film regarding three major themes: Jia’s filmmaking and China in the market society; truth claims and political unconscious; “post-socialist modernity” in the age of globalization.

O autorze

Xiaoping Wang is Chair Professor of Chinese studies at Huaqiao University and adjunct professor of the Institute of Arts and Humanities at Shanghai Jiaotong University. His research interests include modern and contemporary Chinese literature, culture and critical theory.